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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2016109579 · 10/11/2016 · Owen Electric Company, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Owen Electric Company, Inc.
Location
1775 Lakeside Avenue, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32084
NAICS
238210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and a coworker strapped an industrial site plan printer onto a forklift's long skid to take it to the second floor. The employee was on the forklift's skids when he fell 10 feet to the first floor of the warehouse, suffering lower back injuries that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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