LITTLE CHUTE, WISCONSIN—
Trilliant Food and Nutrition, LLC
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Trilliant Food and Nutrition, LLC, 1101 Moasis Drive, LITTLE CHUTE, WISCONSIN 54140 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On October 27, 2023, an employee was getting onto a forklift to diagnose a computer problem when a forklift at the exit side of flow racking pushed a pallet into the rack. This caused a pallet of corrugated boxes at the other end to fall approximately 15 feet and strike the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the ankle, rib, and potentially his back.
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