Fractures

Name: Fractures at Algus Packaging, Inc.
Start: 7/15/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076376 · 7/15/2024 · Algus Packaging, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source: Loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source: Other semi, tractor-trailer

Employer

Name: Algus Packaging, Inc.
Location: 1212 E. Taylor St., DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
NAICS: 326112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee closed a truck driver's door while standing on the dock plate and the driver's trailer plate. The dock plate started lifting and lowering and caught his foot/ankle between the trailer door/plate and the dock plate. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.

Source

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