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Home Depot

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — NORCROSS, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Home Depot in NORCROSS, GEORGIA
Employer Home Depot Report ID 2019032796
Address 4136 Jimmy Carter Blvd City, State ZIP NORCROSS, GEORGIA 30093
Event Date March 17, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 452990 Inspection # 1395404
GPS Coordinates 33.86000, -84.18000

Incident Narrative

An employee was on a truck, loading a customer's cargo bed. The employee fell from the back of the bed, suffering a broken arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On March 17, 2019, a worker at Home Depot in NORCROSS, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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