Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Name: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Vollrath Company, LLC
Start: 5/5/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022053919 · 5/5/2022 · Vollrath Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Bundles, bales
Secondary source: Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Vollrath Company, LLC
Location: 502 Hwy 67, KIEL, WISCONSIN, 53042
NAICS: 333318
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On May 5, 2022, at 8:45 AM, an employee and a trainee were moving a coil of wire with a hoist/crane. The hoisting mechanism contacted a bundle of cardboard boxes on the top shelf of a pallet rack. The bundle of boxes fell to the floor hitting the employee on the back of the head and causing a concussion and fractured C7 vertebra.

Source

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