Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, 8400 Darrow Road, TWINSBURG, OHIO 44087
on — Fractures, affecting the heel(s).
Final narrative
An employee was taking inventory inside a 48-foot tractor trailer. She had one foot inside the trailer and one foot on the power dock plate when a truck jockey hooked up to the trailer in error and pulled away. This action caused the employee to fall 4 feet off the back of the trailer. She landed on her feet and sustained bi-lateral heel fractures.
An employee was opening a swing door on a tractor trailer. The wind pushed the door back, and it struck the employee's head and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered a head injury requiring stitches as well as a broken right arm.
An employee had walked out of a store where he was doing a product reset when he was shot in the parking lot by unknown assailants. He suffered gun shot wounds to the right arm, back, and buttock.
An employee was on a walkie rider and approaching another walkie rider. The employee stepped off before the unit came to a complete stop and a foot was caught between the two units resulting in a broken ankle.
A delivery driver was in the process of delivering beverages when he fell off of the lift gate. He was found on the ground unconscious and bleeding from the head.
Employee was walking near the loading dock at a Giant Eagle Store. He tripped over the dock lowering lever, fell, and broke his leg, requiring surgery.
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.
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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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