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Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC

Fall on same level, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MIDDLETOWN, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC in MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
Employer Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC Report ID 2016010121
Address 700 Columbia Avenue City, State ZIP MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 45042
Event Date January 7, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Fall on same level, n.e.c. Source of Injury Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Wrenches-nonpowered
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection # 1117562
GPS Coordinates 39.52000, -84.40000

Incident Narrative

A maintenance employee was using a pipe wrench to unstick a machine shaft when his hand or the wrench slipped off the shaft as he put his weight down. He then fell onto the wrench, which contacted his right orbital. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On January 7, 2016, a worker at Wausau Paper Towel & Tissue, LLC in MIDDLETOWN, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as fall on same level, n.e.c., with floor, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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