Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Premier Aluminum, LLC
Start: 1/3/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021010027 · 1/3/2021 · Premier Aluminum, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Premier Aluminum, LLC
Location: 3633 South Memorial Drive, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53403
NAICS: 331521
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was helping a forklift operator weigh and load scrap aluminum into a shipping container. The employee was caught between the forklift's hopper and a shelf mounted to a cinderblock wall and hospitalized for a broken pelvis and a lacerated spleen, colon and liver.

Source

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