Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at North American Lighting
Start: 8/20/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088611 · 8/20/2019 · North American Lighting

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: North American Lighting
Location: 2275 S Main St, PARIS, ILLINOIS, 61944
NAICS: 336320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On August 20, 2019, an employee was adjusting the forks on a powered industrial truck when a second employee drove down an adjacent row and struck/pushed returnable metal frame packaging toward the first employee. The first employee was pinned between the packaging and the mast of his powered industrial truck, suffering fractured ribs, a lacerated kidney, and a lung contusion.

Source

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