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Accident: 142482.015 - Employee Incurs Head Injury When Struck By Falling Box
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1570821.015 | 01/04/2022 | J Crew Group, Inc. |
At 6:43 a.m. on December 31, 2021, an employee was loading pallets of collapsed product boxes (Gaylords) onto a trailer of a semi truck using a ride-on pallet j ack. As the employee maneuvered a pallet into the trailer, the top corner of one may have struck the dock seal between the trailer and the warehouse dislodging the top box and causing it to fall. The falling box struck the employee on the t op of the head causing him to collapse to the ground. The employee was transport ed to the hospital and kept overnight due to a head injury.
Keywords:
blunt force, blunt force trauma, collapse, concussion, driving, equipment operator, falling object, head, industrial truck, lack of work procedures, loading dock, material handling, pallet, pallet jack, palletized
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1570821.015 | 31 | M | Hospitalized injury |