Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lowes Home Centers LLC, 133 Bordelaise Dr, BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS 62223
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the head, neck, and trunk.
Final narrative
On 9/5/2020, at approximately 10:40 a.m., a Lowe's employee was making a delivery at a customer's home. The employee had positioned a washer on the lift gate of the delivery truck and was attempting to step around the washer when he fell off the lift gate, which was raised several feet off the ground. As the employee fell, he grabbed the washer and pulled it down on top of him. The washer landed on his abdomen. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs, a fractured C7 vertebra, and a head injury.
HospitalizedHead, neck, and trunkDelivery truck or van
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