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Scrap Management Industries

Struck by other falling object n.e.c. — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries — HUTCHINSON, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Scrap Management Industries in HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
Employer Scrap Management Industries Report ID 2024098762
Address 700 S. Main St. City, State ZIP HUTCHINSON, KANSAS 67501
Event Date September 19, 2024 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Body Part Trunk and other upper extremities
Event Type Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source of Injury Skids, pallets
Secondary Source Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 423930 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.04000, -97.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee drove a truck with a roll-off container into the yard. They got out of the truck and released the safety chain on the roll-off container in order to unload it, but ammunition containers located inside the roll-off container had shifted during transit. When the employee undid the safety chain, a pallet of ammunition containers fell out of the roll-off container and crushed the employee, resulting in several broken ribs, a broken arm and clavicle, and a punctured lung.

Incident Summary

On September 19, 2024, a worker at Scrap Management Industries in HUTCHINSON, KANSAS suffered multiple severe wounds and internal injuries to the trunk and other upper extremities. The incident was classified as struck by other falling object n.e.c., with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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