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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020109589 · 10/8/2020 · Grocers Supply Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Grocers Supply Inc.
Location
1800 walnut, BASTROP, TEXAS, 78602
NAICS
423860
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a pallet from the back of a truck's trailer. When the employee got to the end of the lift gate his foot got caught between the safety bar/pallet stop and the manual pallet jack. He fell off the lift gate approximately 4 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained a right knee injury and a shattered fibula.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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