Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Midwest Paper Group
Start: 5/14/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054663 · 5/14/2018 · Midwest Paper Group

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck and back
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: Midwest Paper Group
Location: 540 Prospect St., COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN, 54113
NAICS: 322110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer of pulp material when the forklift struck a dock plate as he was backing out of the trailer. The forklift abruptly stopped, which caused the employee to suffer neck and back injuries.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown