Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Silgan Containers, LLC, 400 N 15th ST, ROCHELLE, ILLINOIS 61068
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
At about 8:30 a.m. on January 27, 2022, an employee was clearing a jam in a machine. While he was kneeling beneath a metal pocket on the machine (about 4 feet high, weighing about 10 pounds) that held parts, the pocket was lifted up off the chain and fell out, striking the employee on the head. He suffered a head laceration, a skull fracture, and internal bleeding and was hospitalized.
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