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Defense Logistics Agency

Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified — Fractures — ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Defense Logistics Agency in ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA
Employer Defense Logistics Agency Report ID 2019021862
Address 450 Martin Luther King Blvd. City, State ZIP ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA 31098
Event Date February 19, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Ankle(s)
Event Type Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Bundles, bales
Industry (NAICS) 493110 Inspection # 1403519
GPS Coordinates 32.61000, -83.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was trying to retrieve a box behind some metal fence pickets. The employee was standing on a pallet between the pickets when a bundle of pickets (weighing about 1,020 pounds) toppled over on the employee's ankle, trapping it between bundles of pickets and causing multiple breaks.

Incident Summary

On February 19, 2019, a worker at Defense Logistics Agency in ROBINS A F B, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the ankle(s). The incident was classified as struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified, with bundles, bales identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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