Grocers Supply Inc.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet - Fractures - BASTROP, Texas
| Employer | Grocers Supply Inc. |
| Address | 1800 walnut |
| City, State ZIP | BASTROP, Texas 78602 |
| Report ID | 2020109589 |
| Event Date | October 8, 2020 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Lower leg(s) |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Source of Injury | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck |
| Secondary Source | Pallet jack-nonpowered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 423860 |
| Inspection # | 1500306 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.10923, -97.30676 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was unloading a pallet from the back of a truck's trailer. When the employee got to the end of the lift gate his foot got caught between the safety bar/pallet stop and the manual pallet jack. He fell off the lift gate approximately 4 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained a right knee injury and a shattered fibula.
Incident Summary
On October 8, 2020, a worker at Grocers Supply Inc. in BASTROP, Texas suffered fractures to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 3,309 severe injury reports involving "Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet" incidents in our database. Browse all Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet injuries.
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