Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DoorDash Essentials LLC, 3234 Penn Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15201
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was manually moving a tall cart filled with pints of ice cream within the facility. While transferring the cart toward the exterior of the receiving area, the cart passed over a floor drainage grate, became unstable, and fell toward the employee, pinning him underneath. The cart and its contents landed on his lower right leg, resulting in multiple fractures.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
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