Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lioni Latticini Inc., 555 Lehigh Ave, UNION, NEW JERSEY 07083
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift through plastic curtains. The plastic caught on the frame of the forklift and caused the frame to fall onto the employee's head.
HospitalizedBrainForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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On October 1, 2020, around 6:30 PM, the injured employee was operating an order picker to fill orders. Another employee struck a pallet, which was then pushed into the injured employee's order picker, causing the injured employee to lose balance and fall approximately 15 feet to the ground. The injured employee sustained a brain bleed and fractures to the skull, ribs, arm, and shoulder. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
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