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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020032279 · 3/10/2020 · Builders First Source

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Source
Skids, pallets
Secondary source
Dump truck

Employer

Name
Builders First Source
Location
8120 Old US Highway 50, BREESE, ILLINOIS, 62230
NAICS
337110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was behind a truck, preparing to dump one of two pallets of lumber from the truck's dump body (which had been raised so the lumber could be unloaded). The other pallet slid off the truck and struck the employee's lower leg, breaking it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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