Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Name: Fractures and soft tissue injuries at The Giant Company
Start: 6/14/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065682 · 6/14/2025 · The Giant Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Trunk and other lower extremities
Nature of injury: Fractures and soft tissue injuries

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Boxes, crates, cartons
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: The Giant Company
Location: 1600 nay Aug Ave, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18509
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was moving pallets of water. A pallet started to lean, and the employee moved to its side to push the 35-pack of water and straighten the product on the pallet. The water fell and knocked the employee to the ground, and the employee suffered a dislocation to the left hip as well as a fracture to the hip socket. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown