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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024076439 · 7/16/2024 · Ace Endico Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Rib(s), oblique area
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact less than 6 feet
Source
Straight trucks, box trucks
Secondary source
Non-riding pallet jack

Employer

Name
Ace Endico Corporation
Location
1280 Albany Post Rd., CROTON ON HUDSON, NEW YORK, 10520
NAICS
493110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to make a delivery at a customer location when the jack malfunctioned and continued reversing after the employee stopped pressing the reverse button on the handle. The jack and loaded pallet struck his leg and he fell from the liftgate onto the street. The employee struck his right elbow, shoulder, upper back, and chest on the street and was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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