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Coca Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo Inc.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries — TONAWANDA, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Coca Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo Inc. in TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
Employer Coca Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo Inc. Report ID 2015020785
Address 200 Milens Road City, State ZIP TONAWANDA, NEW YORK 14150
Event Date February 25, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Structural elements, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 312111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 42.99000, -78.89000

Incident Narrative

An employee backed a tractor trailer into the delivery area of a customer store to unload soft drinks. The unloading area has a hydraulic lift platform with a lift gate on two sides because the receiving floor is at ground level, which is 4 feet lower than the trailer bed. The controls for the platform ride up and down with the platform and are operated by delivery truck drivers. The employee had finished unloading the product and was preparing to leave. He needed to slightly lower the platform to close the door on the back of his truck. He stood on an 18-inch-wide ledge and fell off. His jacket got caught on the control, which triggered the lift, and he was caught in a pinch point between the lift gate on the platform and the control panel. He suffered a puncture wound in the left groin, a broken pelvis, and a tear in his aorta.

Incident Summary

On February 25, 2015, a worker at Coca Cola Bottling Company of Buffalo Inc. in TONAWANDA, NEW YORK suffered fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with structural elements, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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