Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Visual Pak Company, 3505 Birchwood Drive, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 60085
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was stacking a pallet on top of a load of stacked pallets. The pallet fell on top of the employee's chest as the employee was handling the pallet.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersSkids, pallets
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