Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 138061.015 - Employee sustains leg fractures when roll of plastic falls d

Accident Summary Nr: 138061.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 06/21/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1547114.015	08/11/2021		424130	Sonoco Products Company

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on June 21, 2021, Employee #1, an operator working for Sonoco, was feeding a roll of plastic into a grinding machine. The roll, weighing approximately 2,000 pounds, was centered on one of the forks of a forklift. The roll began spinning fast enough to move off the fork. Employee #1 was standing between the roll and the grinding machine when the roll toppled off the forklift fork and struck the employee, fracturing the tibia and fibula in the leg. The employer reported the injury within the required time frame to COSH. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Fibula, Forklift, Fracture, Grinding, Leg, Plastic, Roll, Struck Against, Struck By, Tibia

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1547114.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Extruding and forming machine operators

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