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Walsh & Associates, Inc.

Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. — Fractures — SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Walsh & Associates, Inc. in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
Employer Walsh & Associates, Inc. Report ID 2017087869
Address 1400 Macklind Ave. City, State ZIP SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63110
Event Date August 16, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. Source of Injury Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
Industry (NAICS) 424690 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.62000, -90.27000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unwrapping a pallet of four drums to prepare an outbound shipment. The four drums were secured together and to the pallet with stretch wrap. After cutting away the wrap with a utility knife, the employee pulled on the wrap to free it from the pallet and drums. He had also staged his forklift next to the drum pallet. The forklift utilizes an implement known as a "drum picker," which would be used to lift individual drums from the full pallet to fill the outbound load/order. While he was manually pulling the cut stretch wrap from the drums/pallet, he lost his grip on the stretch wrap and fell backward into the drum picker implement, striking his upper torso/back. He was hospitalized for a fractured C3 vertebra.

Incident Summary

On August 16, 2017, a worker at Walsh & Associates, Inc. in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI suffered fractures to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c., with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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