Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sam's Club 8115, 280 Bobby Jones Expressway, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30907
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was on a loading dock, trying to dislodge the lock on a dock plate. The employee fell off the dock and suffered multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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