Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Newly Weds Foods, LLC
Start: 9/25/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024098950 · 9/25/2024 · Newly Weds Foods, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Skids, pallets
Secondary source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

Employer

Name: Newly Weds Foods, LLC
Location: 4140 West Fullerton Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60639
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee (employee 1) was sitting on a stack of wooden pallets waiting for his shift to start with a stack of plastic pallets next to him. Another employee (employee 2) used a forklift to lift the stack of pallets next to employee 1, and three loose pallets slid off the forklift and struck employee 1 in the head, resulting in lacerations to the left side of his head.

Source

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