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Cuts and abrasions or bruises

1 hospitalization · 2017098574 · 9/6/2017 · Koch Foods of Chattanooga Truck Shop

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and trunk
Nature of injury
Cuts and abrasions or bruises

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source
Movable ladders, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Wrenches-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Koch Foods of Chattanooga Truck Shop
Location
18835 Hwy. 11, WILDWOOD, GEORGIA, 30757
NAICS
811111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was standing on an inclined mobile ladder using a pipe wrench to remove a shaft from an auger on a feed haul trailer. The wrench slipped off the shaft, causing him to lose balance and stumble backward down the ladder. He was unable to grab the handrails on the ladder to stop his fall, and he landed on his tailbone on the floor. His head then fell back and hit the floor. He suffered a lower back contusion and a head laceration.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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