Other fall to lower level unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Weber-Stephen Products LLC, 11811 Oak Creek Parkway, HUNTLEY, ILLINOIS 60142
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was sitting on a chain at the loading dock and planning work tasks. The chain broke and the employee fell off the loading dock, landing on the pavement outside of the building. The employee was hospitalized with a head laceration, a fractured left clavicle, fractured ribs, and a possible collapsed lung.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Loading docks, dock plates
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