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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2023109788 · 10/24/2023 · Rehrig Pacific Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Scaffolds-staging, unspecified

Employer

Name
Rehrig Pacific Company
Location
32 Earth Conservancy Drive, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18706
NAICS
321920
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning off a pallet sorting machine. The employee jumped approximately two feet from the top of the pallet sorting machine to a lower platform. Upon landing, the employee's left ankle rolled, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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