FRANKLIN FURNACE, OHIO—
G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers, Inc.
Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. · Sprains
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers, Inc., P. O. Box 299, FRANKLIN FURNACE, OHIO 45629 on — Sprains, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to unload product inside a truck trailer when the truck (with trailer attached) started to pull away. Both the employee and forklift fell out of the trailer and landed on the ground below. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a lower back sprain.
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ATHENS, OHIO—
G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc.
A truck driver's tractor had begun to roll away from its trailer. The driver was trying to reach it to stop it when his body struck one of the tires. He fell, rolled, and suffered a laceration above the left eye, another laceration on his nose, and hip and pelvis fractures. He was hospitalized, requiring sutures to the forehead and glue for the nose laceration.
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO—
G&J PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS, INC.
An employee was unloading his truck when he was struck by an out-of-control car. He was hospitalized for surgery on a broken ankle.
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