Fractures

Name: Fractures at Goodwill of the Coastal Empire
Start: 7/13/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076330 · 7/13/2016 · Goodwill of the Coastal Empire

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name: Goodwill of the Coastal Empire
Location: 249 Village at Glynn Place., BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31525
NAICS: 452112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The employee was placing material from the back of the truck onto a door that was lying across the forks of a forklift. When he stepped backwards, he stepped onto the edge of the door, lost his balance and fell to the concrete 4 to 5 feet below. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the leg and injured his foot and ankle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown