Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries

Name: Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries at Automatic Environmental System
Start: 9/24/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098937 · 9/24/2024 · Automatic Environmental System

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury: Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by object tipping over
Source: Vending, and gaming machines
Secondary source: Gates, hatches vehicle and machine cargo

Employer

Name: Automatic Environmental System
Location: 775 North Madison Street, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61107
NAICS: 334512
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was receiving a 660-pound beverage vending machine for repair. While the machine was being moved from the back of the van to the lift gate, the caster wheel was caught between the van and the lift, causing the machine to fall onto the employee and pin him from the waist down. The employee was hospitalized with three pelvic fractures, a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), injury to a knee cap, and pain in the lower back/spine.

Source

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