Fall on same level, unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 5200 Salem Avenue, DAYTON, OHIO 45426
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was using a manual pallet jack to unload a pallet of blow-in insulation from a truck at the dock. While moving the pallet jack over the lip where the dock meets the dock plate, the employee lost his footing, slipped and hit his head on the concrete ground resulting in a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBrainRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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