Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Airstream Inc., 420 W. Pike Street, JACKSON CENTER, OHIO 45334
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a stack of sheeting 44 inches high, adjusting a shelving unit. The employee fell backwards, striking their neck on another stack of sheeting and suffering a neck injury. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersContainers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
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