OSHA Injury Report: Consumer Packaging Knoxville F

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

EE was retrieving a case of stretch wrap from a pallet The pallet was partially empty with all of the cases to the back half of the pallet There was plastic wrap around the base of the pallet that had been cut down as we used the pallet but not removed The pallet was the floor pallet in a 3level rack The team member stepped into the pallet to retrieve a case evidenced by a boot mark on the pallet In doing so they needed to duck beneath the first shelf in the rack As they were stepping back with the case of wrap their foot became entangled in a slot on the pallet or the cutdown plastic wrap at the base of the pallet We are not clear the tripping mechanism When their foot became entangled they lost their balance and as a result straightened up to regain their balance In doing so they struck their head on the on the load and pallet behind them

What happened

EE was retrieving a case of stretch wrap from a pallet The pallet was partially empty with all of the cases to the back half of the pallet There was plastic wrap around the base of the pallet that had been cut down as we used the pallet but not removed The pallet was the floor pallet in a 3level rack The team member stepped into the pallet to retrieve a case evidenced by a boot mark on the pallet In doing so they needed to duck beneath the first shelf in the rack As they were stepping back with the case of wrap their foot became entangled in a slot on the pallet or the cutdown plastic wrap at the base of the pallet We are not clear the tripping mechanism When their foot became entangled they lost their balance and as a result straightened up to regain their balance In doing so they struck their head on the on the load and pallet behind them

Injury or illness

Concussion Head other than face Scalp

Object or substance involved

Pallet

Summary line

Concussion Head other than face Scalp Pallet Falls same level

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.