JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA·
Pepsi Bottling Company
Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pepsi Bottling Company, 167 Allenbill Drive, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 15904 on , Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
Two employees were scrapping an out-of-service forklift to send it to the scrap yard. As they were lifting the broken forklift with another forklift, a chain snapped and struck the employee in the chest/abdomen. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lacerated pancreas and injures to the spleen and gallbladder. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
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