Struck by object tipping over · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wisconsin Kenworth LLC, 580 Mike McCarthy Way, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN 54304
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
On April 8, 2025, an employee was wheeling a utility cart containing transport parts and was backing out of a door when the cart tipped onto the employee and they fell. The parts fell onto the employee, resulting in hospitalization with knee, foot, and back pain.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
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