OSHA Injury Report: Kissimmee

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] employee was strapping a pallet of skins after cutting them up for an order After positioning the strap around the skins employee insert the strap in the tensioner and press the start button when he noticed one of the corner protectors at the base of the pallet was getting out of alignment Employee stopped the tensioner and squatted to put the corner protector back in place When pulling the strap to move the corner protector the tensioner that was left on the top of the pallet fell and hit the back of his neck on its way down to the ground Employee touched his neck to make sure there was no blood and when he confirmed there was none continued working He did not feel any pain or discomfort until [REDACTED] when he woke up with a headache He did not relate the headache to this incident at the time and took some OTC pain releivers and went to to work He kept working until [REDACTED] and then on [REDACTED] the headache was getting worse On [REDACTED] he decided to

What happened

On [REDACTED] [REDACTED] employee was strapping a pallet of skins after cutting them up for an order After positioning the strap around the skins employee insert the strap in the tensioner and press the start button when he noticed one of the corner protectors at the base of the pallet was getting out of alignment Employee stopped the tensioner and squatted to put the corner protector back in place When pulling the strap to move the corner protector the tensioner that was left on the top of the pallet fell and hit the back of his neck on its way down to the ground Employee touched his neck to make sure there was no blood and when he confirmed there was none continued working He did not feel any pain or discomfort until [REDACTED] when he woke up with a headache He did not relate the headache to this incident at the time and took some OTC pain releivers and went to to work He kept working until [REDACTED] and then on [REDACTED] the headache was getting worse On [REDACTED] he decided to

Injury or illness

Contusion Bruise Multiple Skull

Object or substance involved

Struck by strap tensioner tool on back of neck

Summary line

Contusion Bruise Multiple Skull Struck by strap tensioner tool on back of neck Struck by

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.