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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017109771 · 10/11/2017 · Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Monroe Truck Equipment, Inc.
Location
1051 W. 7TH Street, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
NAICS
336211
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was supervising as two coworkers removed a plow from an overhead conveyor line. The plow was suspended from the conveyor by two j-hooks and two s-hooks. The coworkers were using a forklift to lower the plow to the ground. As the plow was being raised by the forklift, one of the coworkers guided it so that the mouth of the plow rested on the tines. The tines on the lift were wet due to rainy weather conditions, causing the plow to slide toward the end of the tines and fall off the forklift onto the ground. During its descent, the plow struck the employee on the right side of his body and sent him backwards into a hook rack, fracturing his ribs, shoulder blade, and T-12 vertebra.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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