CHICAGO, ILLINOIS·
Newly Weds Foods, LLC
Struck by other falling object n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Newly Weds Foods, LLC, 4140 West Fullerton Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60639 on , Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the head unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee (employee 1) was sitting on a stack of wooden pallets waiting for his shift to start with a stack of plastic pallets next to him. Another employee (employee 2) used a forklift to lift the stack of pallets next to employee 1, and three loose pallets slid off the forklift and struck employee 1 in the head, resulting in lacerations to the left side of his head.
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