Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hop Skip & Jump Productions, Inc., 4113 N Hermitage Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60613
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was on the lift gate of an electric truck. The gate tilted down while it was still 4 feet off the ground; the employee fell to the ground and a cart that had been on the gate landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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