Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Waste Systems Inc, 12 Industrial Drive, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08901
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other confined spaces n.e.c.
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