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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2022109064 · 10/17/2022 · Quaker Sales & Distribution, Inc.

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
Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source
Pallet jack-powered

Employer

Name
Quaker Sales & Distribution, Inc.
Location
6200 Fulton Industrial Blvd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

On October 17, 2022, an employee was replacing a battery in a portable cooler, about 6 feet high by 3 feet wide by 3 feet deep. Another cooler of the same kind was being moved on a powered pallet jack. It fell off the pallet jack and struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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