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Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024010046 · 1/3/2024 · Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Brain
Nature of injury
Intracranial injuries with skull fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Other constructed surface

Employer

Name
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US
Location
5701 Providence Hill Rd, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64503
NAICS
325411
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manually stacking empty totes on a pallet. The employee stood on a pallet and as they went to get off, their foot got caught in an opening in the pallet. This caused the employee's knee to hit the concrete floor and their head to strike the fork of a nearby electric pallet jack. The employee suffered a broken tibia in the left leg, a 9-centimeter laceration across the forehead, fractures to the bone around the right frontal lobe and right eye socket, as well as brain hemorrhaging.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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