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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2018043189 · 4/3/2018 · Union Corrugating Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head, unspecified
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Union Corrugating Company
Location
19555 W. Edwards Rd., ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, 60002
NAICS
332322
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading steel roofing panels at a construction site using a forklift with a spreader bar. The mast was fully extended when the forklift tipped forward. The employee's head struck the steel cage, suffering lacerations and a possible orbital fracture.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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