Dislocation of joints

Name: Dislocation of joints at Grande Cheese Company
Start: 3/17/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022032435 · 3/17/2022 · Grande Cheese Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Dislocation of joints

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Dairy products
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Grande Cheese Company
Location: 246 Trowbridge Drive, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54935
NAICS: 311513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee removed the top wheel from a stack of cheese wheels on a pallet. The next couple of wheels fell against the employee's knee, dislocating the employee's kneecap.

Source

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