Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC
Fall on same level due to slipping - Multiple types of open wounds - CHEROKEE, Alabama
| Employer | Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC |
| Address | 1834 Haley Drive |
| City, State ZIP | CHEROKEE, Alabama 35616 |
| Report ID | 2022010332 |
| Event Date | January 12, 2022 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Multiple types of open wounds |
| Body Part | Upper and lower limb(s) |
| Event Type | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| Source of Injury | Stacking machinery |
| Industry (NAICS) | 322121 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.74000, -87.89000 |
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Incident Narrative
A product case had fallen into the T-car path of a palletizer, causing the T-car to stop. After lockout, an employee entered through an interlocked gate to remove the case. The employee was stepping past the T-Car when he stepped onto the rail of the T-car on the empty pallet slide. He slipped and fell backward, suffering a laceration to the back of the upper left leg (from the T-car slide rail) and a puncture wound to the back of the upper right leg (from the edge of a cable track pan).
Incident Summary
On January 12, 2022, a worker at Essity Professional Hygiene North America LLC in CHEROKEE, Alabama suffered multiple types of open wounds to the upper and lower limb(s). The incident was classified as fall on same level due to slipping, with stacking machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
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