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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017043704 · 4/27/2017 · Southeast Milk, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Barrels, drums-except pressurized
Secondary source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
Southeast Milk, Inc.
Location
1005 NW Park St, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34974
NAICS
311511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to move drums on a pallet. He dismounted the forklift to adjust two drums that had become off-center on the pallet when a drum fell and struck his leg, resulting in his hospitalization for a broken leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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