NORCROSS, GEORGIA—
Home Depot
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Home Depot, 4136 Jimmy Carter Blvd, NORCROSS, GEORGIA 30093 on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was on a truck, loading a customer's cargo bed. The employee fell from the back of the bed, suffering a broken arm. The employee was hospitalized.
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