Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PEPSI BEVERAGES COMPANY, Nam Dae Mun International, STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA 30083
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was at a customer site delivering product. He was trying to lower his lift gate when the dock leveler was engaged. He fell between the dock and the lift gate and injured his legs.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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