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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023087753 · 8/23/2023 · Murphy Road Recycling LLC

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, unspecified
Source
Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name
Murphy Road Recycling LLC
Location
655 Christian Lane, BERLIN, CONNECTICUT, 06037
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was sweeping loose materials from a dock leveler when a truck pulled away from the loading dock. This caused the dock leveler to drop and the employee to fall to the ground, resulting in left tibia and fibula fractures that required hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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