SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA—
Pepsi Beverages Company
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Pepsi Beverages Company, 2641 Shillington Road, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA 19608 on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was climbing over a pallet of product when he got his foot caught and fell off the pallet breaking his knee cap.
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