Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca-Cola, 2455 Watkins Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43207
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee stepped off a platform onto a lower step, lost their footing, and fell to the floor approximately 17 inches below the platform. As a result, the employee fractured their left wrist and sprained their left ankle.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Source, secondary source unspecified
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