Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Goguen Transportation
Start: 9/19/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098758 · 9/19/2024 · Goguen Transportation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
Secondary source: Bees, hornets, wasps

Employer

Name: Goguen Transportation
Location: 100 Baker Street, GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01440
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an 8-foot ladder while removing adhesive from the back of a truck trailer using a solution and a plastic scraper. The employee was on the fifth step of the ladder when they began swatting a bee and fell off the ladder to the ground below, resulting in broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Source

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