Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CEDAR CREST VILLAGE, ONE CEDAR CREST DRIVE, POMPTON PLAINS, NEW JERSEY 07444
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a chair dolly to remove stacked chairs from a box truck onto a loading dock. While backing out of the truck, his right foot stepped into a void off the right side of the truck. He then fell 4 feet off the dock onto a concrete curb and the chairs fell on top of him. He suffered three broken ribs on the right side, a cut to the forehead, and a nose laceration.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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