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BUCKHORN

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at BUCKHORN in SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
Employer BUCKHORN Report ID 20171211489
Address 2727 N PARTNERSHIP BLVD City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI 65803
Event Date December 3, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hip(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 37.24000, -93.20000

Incident Narrative

An employee was helping to free a stuck pallet from the forks of a hand truck. She stepped up onto the pallet to use her weight to hold the pallet down. A second employee pulled on the hand truck and the momentum caused the employee to lose her balance and fall, injuring her hip.

Incident Summary

On December 3, 2017, a worker at BUCKHORN in SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hip(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 3,310 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet injuries.

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