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Buckeye Body and Equipment (Buckeye Truck Equipment Inc)

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Fractures — COLUMBUS, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Buckeye Body and Equipment (Buckeye Truck Equipment Inc) in COLUMBUS, OHIO
Employer Buckeye Body and Equipment (Buckeye Truck Equipment Inc) Report ID 2021075478
Address 939 E. Starr Avenue City, State ZIP COLUMBUS, OHIO 43201
Event Date July 5, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Ankle(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary Source Parking lot, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 336211 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.98000, -82.97000

Incident Narrative

An employee slipped on a grated metal step while entering a truck cab. The employee fell to the parking lot surface and suffered a compound fracture to the left ankle.

Incident Summary

On July 5, 2021, a worker at Buckeye Body and Equipment (Buckeye Truck Equipment Inc) in COLUMBUS, OHIO suffered fractures to the ankle(s). 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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