Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
Start: 2/26/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023021795 · 2/26/2023 · Lallemand Specialties, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Step ladders
Secondary source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
Location: 6120 West Douglas Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53218
NAICS: 424490
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a 7-foot step ladder to place a switch on the back of warehouse equipment using a hand drill. After finishing, the employee began descending the ladder and missed the last step, falling onto a protruding metal hinge. The employee sustained right ribcage and back injuries.

Source

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