Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wayne Sanderson Farms, 977 Wayne Poultry Road, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA 30567
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting a delivered pallet of boxes. The employee stepped backward and tripped over a strap that was binding another pallet of boxes. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a hip fracture.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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