Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CVS Distribution Center, 1 Berry Drive, LUMBERTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08048
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck and back.
Final narrative
An employee was on a cherry picker approximately 30 feet high, selecting boxes of merchandise from warehouse racking to place onto a pallet. The employee fell and sustained neck and back injuries.
HospitalizedNeck and backForklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
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