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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021097803 · 9/10/2021 · BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Secondary source
Skids, pallets

Employer

Name
BUNZL DISTRIBUTION MIDCENTRAL INC.
Location
905 Crossroads Parkway, ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60446
NAICS
484121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On September 10, 2021, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the injured employee was standing in between their powered industrial truck and a pallet of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high. A second employee was traveling through the aisle, pushing three pallets of goods stacked approximately 7 feet high and struck the injured employee's pallet. The pallet struck the injured employee and pinned their left foot between it and the PIV platform and their abdomen against the goods on the pallet and the PIV guardrail. The employee sustained trauma to the left foot and ankle and a fractured ribcage.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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