Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC

Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part — Fractures — SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC in SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
Employer Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC Report ID 2021086796
Address Madison Prairie Landfill, 6002 Nelson Road City, State ZIP SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN 53590
Event Date August 11, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part Source of Injury Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary Source Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 562119 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 43.16000, -89.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee was opening the hinged doors on the back of a truck when a cardboard drum fell and struck the employee in the head, resulting in two fractured vertebrae.

Incident Summary

On August 11, 2021, a worker at Lakeshore Recycling Systems, LLC in SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN suffered fractures to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part, with barrels, drums-except pressurized identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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