GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY—
Primex Plastics Corporation
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Primex Plastics Corporation, 61 River Drive, GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY 07026 on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a pallet that a forklift operator had lifted approximately 10 feet in the air to remove an exhaust pipe. The employee fell from the pallet while attempting to remove the exhaust pipe and struck his left wrist on a water pipe as he fell to the floor. He suffered a severe fracture of his left wrist resulting in hospitalization.
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OAKWOOD, GEORGIA—
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