Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC., 500 EAST SUPERIOR AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS 62650
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
On September 11, 2019, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was dumping a rolling tub of scrap bags when the employee noticed several individual scrap bags remained in the bottom of the scrap tub. The employee reached into the tub to remove the remaining bags. As the employee pushed on the corner of the tub to provide leverage to raise up the scrap tub, the scrap tub tipped sideways, causing the employee to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a right hip fracture.
HospitalizedHip(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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