AUBURN, GEORGIA—
Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, L.L.C.
Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, L.L.C., 8 Mount Moriah Rd, Auburn, GA 30011, AUBURN, GEORGIA 30011 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping load interior/exterior doors into a van trailer. He jumped from the dock to the concrete less than 4 feet below, breaking his right leg in two places.
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An employee was hospitalized after sustaining multiple fractures to the lower right leg while engaged in the un-cabling of a rail car. The employee slipped and fell while attempting to reduce the tension on the center beam ratchet.
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