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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021075427 · 7/2/2021 · US Packaging LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Thigh(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Skids, pallets

Employer

Name
US Packaging LLC
Location
401 East Morrissey Drive, ELKHORN, WISCONSIN, 53121
NAICS
561910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading product from a truck using a forklift. While stacking the product, one of the pallets fell. The employee got out of the forklift and started picking up the fallen product. When the first pallet fell it struck another stack of pallets, causing them to be unstable. The stack fell onto the employee causing multiple femur fractures.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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