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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015010408 · 1/12/2015 · Gerald Jones VW, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
Secondary source
Shelves, shelving

Employer

Name
Gerald Jones VW, Inc.
Location
4022 Washington Rd., MARTINEZ, GEORGIA, 30907
NAICS
441110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employee retrieving parts from a shelf was struck in the head by a part weighing approximately 40 to 50 pounds when the bottom of the box it was stored in gave way. Employee sustained a compression fracture of the vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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