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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017032897 · 3/31/2017 · Rosendin Electric, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Ankle(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by other falling powered vehicle
Source
Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name
Rosendin Electric, Inc.
Location
3810 Jackson Ave., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78741
NAICS
237130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

While unloading a reel of wire with a pallet jack, the wheels of the pallet jack rolled off the truck's lift gate causing the wire and the pallet jack to flip over onto the ground and strike the employee's ankle and fracturing it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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