Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Cuts and abrasions or bruises
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, 2797 Peterson Place, NORCROSS, GEORGIA 30071
on — Cuts and abrasions or bruises, affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
An employee had been performing regular packing duties. When he finished processing a cart of boxes, he went to the cooler to stack the boxes onto a storage cart inside the cooler. While transporting the boxes, he tripped over the corner of a pallet and struck his head on a stationary cart inside the cooler. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised head and a cut to the nose.
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