Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Saddle Creek Corporation
Start: 7/3/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075448 · 7/3/2021 · Saddle Creek Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
Source: Existing floor opening
Secondary source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: Saddle Creek Corporation
Location: 747 Douglas Hill Road, LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading a trailer with pallets of product at a warehouse dock. After stowing the dock plate, the employee entered the trailer to put some airbags in the trailer to help support the pallet loads. While exiting the trailer, the employee's leg fell into the gap between the trailer floor and the dock floor resulting in a lower leg laceration.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown