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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024010935 · 1/30/2024 · Kirkland's Stores, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back thoracic region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Trucks unspecified
Secondary source
Other constructed surface

Employer

Name
Kirkland's Stores, Inc.
Location
1250 Scenic Highway South, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, 30045
NAICS
453998
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was about to climb down from the bed of a truck. As she stepped down to a step ladder, she missed its top platform and fell to the concrete pavement about 48 inches below. She suffered a compression fracture to her T-12 vertebra.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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