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Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet — Fractures — FITZGERALD, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC in FITZGERALD, GEORGIA
Employer Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC Report ID 2020010965
Address 144 Stuart Way City, State ZIP FITZGERALD, GEORGIA 31750
Event Date January 29, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Ankle(s) and knee(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet Source of Injury Girders, beams, structural steel
Secondary Source Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 336214 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.69000, -83.24000

Incident Narrative

An employee had stepped out of a scissor lift that was approximately 8 feet high onto a steel beam to retrieve a fan. The employee fell off of the beam and landed on the concrete floor, breaking his right knee and left ankle.

Incident Summary

On January 29, 2020, a worker at Covered Wagon Trailers, LLC in FITZGERALD, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the ankle(s) and knee(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with girders, beams, structural steel identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,714 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet injuries.

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