Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heritage-Crystal Clean LLC, x, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17113
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was preparing a load for the electric pallet jack he was operating. He was walking backward when he tripped and fell. The pallet jack struck his left leg, and he was hospitalized with a broken left fibula.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
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