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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 20191111945 · 11/17/2019 · SAM'S CLUB

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source
Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Employer

Name
SAM'S CLUB
Location
4701 LOG CABIN DRIVE, MACON, GEORGIA, 31204
NAICS
452910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was in a staging area, moving a pallet using a stand-up forklift. The forklift began to tilt forward and the employee fell off it; the pallet then fell off of the forklift and the forklift came back down, landing on the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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