Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca Cola, 104 Front St., DAYTON, OHIO 45402
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee stepped out of a trailer truck and fell to the ground resulting in a head contusion.
An employee stepped off a platform onto a lower step, lost their footing, and fell to the floor approximately 17 inches below the platform. As a result, the employee fractured their left wrist and sprained their left ankle.
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck a wall. His left foot was caught between the pallet jack and the wall resulting in a fractured left ankle. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a pallet jack in the warehouse when his foot was caught between the standing platform of the pallet jack and a support column. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed right foot, requiring surgery.
An employee was trying to park a pallet jack when his right foot was pinned and fractured between the pallet jack he was parking and the jack parked in the space next to him. He was hospitalized.
An employee was climbing a step ladder while carrying a 3-foot piece of conduit. As he went to reposition his feet on the ladder by pivoting, he slipped and fell from the third rung of a 6-foot ladder. The employee sustained fractures to the left femur, right elbow, and right ring finger.
An employee was descending a 4-step maintenance stand when she missed the bottom step and fell to the hangar floor. The employee suffered a left hip fracture.
An employee stopped a belt and was going to check it for missing packages. She fell backward 3-4 feet from an elevated platform and sustained a broken right arm.
An employee had just finished a routine concrete pour and was ascending the ladder to clean the concrete mixer truck. The employee lost their grip and fell approximately 2-3 feet, contacting the truck's bumper. The employee suffered rib fractures and a punctured lung.
An employee was performing duties as an expeditor. After opening the dock door, the employee scanned the barcode on the door of the truck and placed one foot on the truck and one foot on the dock. The truck drove out of the stall, causing the employee to fall 4 feet off the dock onto the concrete. The employee sustained fractures to the right side of the pelvis, elbow, and a left ring fingertip as well as injuries to the right wrist and bruising to the back and stomach.
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