American Blanching Company
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet - Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk - FITZGERALD, Georgia
| Employer | American Blanching Company |
| Address | 155 Rip Wiley Road |
| City, State ZIP | FITZGERALD, Georgia 31750 |
| Report ID | 2021010336 |
| Event Date | January 13, 2021 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk |
| Body Part | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Source of Injury | Skids, pallets |
| Secondary Source | Floor, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311911 |
| GPS Coordinates | 31.70901, -83.21467 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was removing plastic elevator buckets from the tops of pallets of empty tote bags. As the employee came down from the pallets (42 inches off the floor), his foot caught the edge of a pallet and he fell to the concrete floor on his left side, with a bucket under him. The employee sustained a lacerated kidney and was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On January 13, 2021, a worker at American Blanching Company in FITZGERALD, Georgia suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with skids, pallets identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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