Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tri-Tech Laboratories, 4400 South Hamilton Road, GROVEPORT, OHIO 43125
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to retrieve a chemical tote from a staging lane. He inserted the pallet jack under the tote and began to back up. After moving backward for approximately 15 feet, the employee tripped on a collapsible tote. As he fell, the pallet jack ran over his left foot. His ankle was lacerated and his foot was fractured.
Hospitalized Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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