Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Pepsi Bottling Company
Start: 10/4/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023109145 · 10/4/2023 · Pepsi Bottling Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Chains, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Pepsi Bottling Company
Location: 167 Allenbill Drive, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15904
NAICS: 312111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were scrapping an out-of-service forklift to send it to the scrap yard. As they were lifting the broken forklift with another forklift, a chain snapped and struck the employee in the chest/abdomen. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lacerated pancreas and injures to the spleen and gallbladder. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Source

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