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 National DCP, LLC, 6053 Veterans pkwy, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 31909
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was delivering coffee products and unloading a hand truck in a trailer. While exiting the trailer, he lost his footing and fell from the ramp to the ground, resulting in a right knee injury.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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