Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nappies Fresh and Frozen Food Co., 8051 Steubenville Pike, OAKDALE, PENNSYLVANIA 15071
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a dolly to offload food from a delivery truck. He stepped on the truck's ramp to go down to the ground level and his ankle buckled and fractured.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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