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Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

1 hospitalization · 2019021310 · 2/5/2019 · METFORM L.L.C.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury
Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.

Cause

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

Employer

Name
METFORM L.L.C.
Location
2551 WACKER ROAD, SAVANNA, ILLINOIS, 60174
NAICS
332111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was assisting to load parts onto a sorting table. An attachment to the forklift tub is filled with parts that are dumped on the sorting table. The forklift operator had just rolled over half a tub onto the sorting table. When the employee was removing a rollover bar from the bin, it broke free and came out of the bin. The tub shifted on the forklift forks and fell over landing on the employee's shoulder, ribs and hip area. The employee sustained three broken ribs and a lumbar hernia.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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