Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at National DCP, LLC, 101 Liberty Industrial Pkwy, MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA 30253
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a ladder to enter the back of a trailer when he felt a pop in his calf. He was hospitalized with a calf muscle tear.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
An employee was delivering coffee products and unloading a hand truck in a trailer. While exiting the trailer, he lost his footing and fell from the ramp to the ground, resulting in a right knee injury.
A driver was pulling a pallet of dry product onto the liftgate of a delivery truck using a manual pallet jack. The weight of the pallet pushed him back against the chain on the liftgate causing him to lose balance and fall backward. His right leg was pinned between the pallet, the manual jack, and the chain. The driver was holding onto the chain while hanging from the gate and was able to pull his leg free. The driver was hospitalized with a broken right lower leg.
An employee was on a ladder attempting to remove tree limbs from the top of a truck when a tree limb fell and hit the ladder, causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.
An employee was operating a forklift in the warehouse. As they were dismounting, the employee felt pain in their leg from stepping down and sustained a left leg fracture.
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