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Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores

Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — NEWNAN, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores in NEWNAN, GEORGIA
Employer Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores Report ID 2016098991
Address I-85, Exit 51 City, State ZIP NEWNAN, GEORGIA 30263
Event Date September 22, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. Source of Injury Trailers
Secondary Source Jacks
Industry (NAICS) 447110 Inspection # 1181619
GPS Coordinates 33.39000, -84.81000

Incident Narrative

The employee was in the process of changing a tire on a trailer on a highway. One of the jacks slipped off from under the trailer, causing the tire assembly to drop and strike the employee's right leg.

Incident Summary

On September 22, 2016, a worker at Loves Travel Stops and Country Stores in NEWNAN, GEORGIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c., with trailers identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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