Gordon Food Service Douglasville Distribution Center

Other fall to lower level unspecified — Fractures — FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Gordon Food Service Douglasville Distribution Center in FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
Employer Gordon Food Service Douglasville Distribution Center Report ID 2025032609
Address 407 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive City, State ZIP FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA 31030
Event Date March 19, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Trunk and other upper extremities
Event Type Other fall to lower level unspecified Source of Injury Trucks unspecified
Secondary Source Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 424490 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.54000, -83.88000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading frozen food product from a freezer truck. They slipped on the ramp from the trailer and fell to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured right wrist and C7 vertebra.

Incident Summary

On March 19, 2025, a worker at Gordon Food Service Douglasville Distribution Center in FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA suffered fractures to the trunk and other upper extremities. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level unspecified, with trucks unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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