CHEROKEE, ALABAMA·
Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC
Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple types of open wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC, 1834 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA 35616 on , Multiple types of open wounds, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
A product case had fallen into the T-car path of a palletizer, causing the T-car to stop. After lockout, an employee entered through an interlocked gate to remove the case. The employee was stepping past the T-Car when he stepped onto the rail of the T-car on the empty pallet slide. He slipped and fell backward, suffering a laceration to the back of the upper left leg (from the T-car slide rail) and a puncture wound to the back of the upper right leg (from the edge of a cable track pan).
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