Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GATES CORP., 1450 MONTANA RD., IOLA, KANSAS 66749
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was assembling orders while driving a forklift. While she was placing parts on a pallet, she turned around and fell backward and horizontally approximately 6 feet and struck her head on the lower level of the shelving rack. The employee sustained a fractured elbow, lacerations to the head, and brain bleeding.
HospitalizedBrainForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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