SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI·
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Intracranial injuries with skull fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health - US, 5701 Providence Hill Rd, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI 64503 on , Intracranial injuries with skull fractures, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was manually stacking empty totes on a pallet. The employee stood on a pallet and as they went to get off, their foot got caught in an opening in the pallet. This caused the employee's knee to hit the concrete floor and their head to strike the fork of a nearby electric pallet jack. The employee suffered a broken tibia in the left leg, a 9-centimeter laceration across the forehead, fractures to the bone around the right frontal lobe and right eye socket, as well as brain hemorrhaging.
Similar incidents · Same event type
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 325411)
More severe injuries in MISSOURI