GADSDEN, ALABAMA—
Keystone Foods LLC
Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Keystone Foods LLC, 2281 Steele Station Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA 35906 on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was backing up a riding pallet jack when it stopped suddenly, causing her to lose her balance and fall from the platform of the pallet jack to the concrete floor. The pallet jack did not collide with anything and the floor was in good condition. She sustained a fracture to her left hip.
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