Primex Plastics Corporation

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet - Fractures - OAKWOOD, Georgia

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Primex Plastics Corporation in OAKWOOD, Georgia
Employer Primex Plastics Corporation
Address 3435 Old Oakwood Road
City, State ZIP OAKWOOD, Georgia 30566
Report ID 2025077010
Event Date July 18, 2025
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Rib(s), oblique area
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source of Injury Skids, pallets
Secondary Source Vehicle and machine cabin parts n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 326112
GPS Coordinates 34.24278, -83.86777

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Incident Narrative

An employee was using straps to secure a load inside a transport trailer. The employee was standing on a stack of finished goods that was three pallets high. Each pallet was 16 inches high. He was walking from the stack of three pallets onto a stack of two pallets when he lost his balance and fell onto another stack of finished goods (that was two pallets high) and then landed on the floor of the trailer. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

Incident Summary

On July 18, 2025, a worker at Primex Plastics Corporation in OAKWOOD, Georgia suffered fractures to the rib(s), oblique area. 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

OSHA has recorded 699 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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