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WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — FINDLAY, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION in FINDLAY, OHIO
Employer WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION Report ID 2019010992
Address 4901 N. MAIN ST. City, State ZIP FINDLAY, OHIO 45840
Event Date January 28, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Head and neck
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Pickup truck
Secondary Source Strapping
Industry (NAICS) 335228 Inspection # 1375587
GPS Coordinates 41.09000, -83.64000

Incident Narrative

On January 28, 2019, at approximately 4:35 p.m., an employee was attempting to move a plastic banded pallet in the bed of a pickup truck when the strap broke causing the employee to fall backwards out of the truck onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained head and neck trauma.

Incident Summary

On January 28, 2019, a worker at WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION in FINDLAY, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the head and neck. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with pickup truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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