AUSTELL, GEORGIA—
Greif Inc.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Greif Inc., 3500 Joe Jenkins Blvd, AUSTELL, GEORGIA 30106 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
At about 11:30 a.m. on February 17, 2021, an employee was clearing cardboard pieces from a flatbed truck. He began to slip on a piece of cardboard and jumped off the truck landing on the concrete surface about 6 feet below, suffering a right leg fracture above the ankle. He was hospitalized.
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