Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Kamps Pallets, Inc.
Start: 1/6/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010138 · 1/6/2024 · Kamps Pallets, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Material handling and warehousing machinery unspecified

Employer

Name: Kamps Pallets, Inc.
Location: 5035 Great Oak Dr., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
NAICS: 321920
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a pallet that had become stuck on a pallet tipper machine. When the stuck pallet was dislodged, other pallets moved and pinned the employee against part of the machine. The employee suffered broken ribs and a laceration to the liver.

Source

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