Henrietta Building Supplies Inc.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Fractures — WEST HENRIETTA, NEW YORK
| Employer | Henrietta Building Supplies Inc. | Report ID | 2018054702 |
| Address | 1 Riverton Way | City, State ZIP | WEST HENRIETTA, NEW YORK 14586 |
| Event Date | May 15, 2018 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures | Body Part | Upper and lower limb(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Source of Injury | Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source | Floor, n.e.c. | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 444190 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.04000, -77.69000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was loading a box truck. He was sitting on a stack of 20 doors (each door was 1 inch thick) that had been wrapped and stacked onto a 4-inch-high pallet and was in the bed of the truck. He then fell off the stack of doors and onto the truck bed (a distance of about 24 inches), fracturing his left femur and left wrist.
Incident Summary
On May 15, 2018, a worker at Henrietta Building Supplies Inc. in WEST HENRIETTA, NEW YORK suffered fractures to the upper and lower limb(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with containers-variable restraint, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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