Lineage Logistics, LLC

Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet - Fractures - UNADILLA, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Lineage Logistics, LLC in UNADILLA, Georgia
Employer Lineage Logistics, LLC
Address 400 Pine Street
City, State ZIP UNADILLA, Georgia 31091
Report ID 2019010914
Event Date January 25, 2019
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Source of Injury Racks-garment and other
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 493120
Inspection # 1376944
GPS Coordinates 32.24218, -83.74745

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Incident Narrative

An employee was trying to remove and re-stack cases from a pallet that had turned over on the fourth level of a storage rack in a freezer. He placed two empty pallets in the rack, one to stand on and one to stack product cases on. He climbed up the end cap and onto one of the empty pallets. The turned-over pallet of product shifted, knocking the empty pallet through the racking. The employee fell approximately 20 feet from the fourth level and sustained a neck fracture.

Incident Summary

On January 25, 2019, a worker at Lineage Logistics, LLC in UNADILLA, Georgia suffered fractures to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet, with racks-garment and other identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 562 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet injuries.

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