BOULDER, COLORADO—
Consolidated Electrical Distributors
Fall on same level n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Consolidated Electrical Distributors, 3201 Walnut Street, BOULDER, COLORADO 80301 on — Fractures , affecting the Skull.
Final narrative
An employee was separating pallet racking uprights from a bundle. The uprights fell toward the employee and knocked him down. His head struck the concrete floor and he suffered a skull fracture.
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An employee was plastic wrapping a pallet in the warehouse. The employee slipped on a plastic strap while walking backward and fell on the floor, resulting in a fractured L5 vertebra.
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Consolidated Electrical Distributors
An employee was loading a delivery truck when they fell from the lift gate to the ground, sustaining a head laceration and a concussion.
STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was delivering a pallet of solar panels that was on top of a pallet jack on a lift gate. The pallet weighed more than 1,000 pounds. When the employee jumped off the truck, the pallet tipped over and fell on top of them, resulting in a leg fracture that required hospitalization.
BILLINGS, MONTANA—
Consolidated Electrical Distributors
An employee was preparing metal pallets. A ring got caught on a pallet resulting in amputation.
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