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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021054182 · 5/22/2021 · RecycleThatStuff.com

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
Source
Pallet jack-nonpowered

Employer

Name
RecycleThatStuff.com
Location
121 North Linwood Avenue, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
NAICS
423930
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a box truck. The employee was operating a manual pallet jack while walking backwards onto the lift gate. The jack struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the fibula and the tibia.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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