Struck by other falling object n.e.c. · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Giant Company, 1600 nay Aug Ave, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18509
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was moving pallets of water. A pallet started to lean, and the employee moved to its side to push the 35-pack of water and straighten the product on the pallet. The water fell and knocked the employee to the ground, and the employee suffered a dislocation to the left hip as well as a fracture to the hip socket. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Boxes, crates, cartons
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