ARCADIA, WISCONSIN—
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., One Ashley Way, ARCADIA, WISCONSIN 54612 on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was operating an order picker and was struck by furniture when it fell from the order picker and pushed the employee into a mesh guard. The employee was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness and a laceration above the right eye.
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