Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was working in a loading area on a 10-foot ladder to help lower an empty 4-foot by 4-foot agricultural bin that had become lodged between a forklift's forks and a dump truck. The bin was lowered to the ground and the forklift began to back away from the truck. This caused the employee to lose his balance and fall, landing on the sidewalk 8 to 10 feet below. He suffered a 1-inch laceration to the forehead, a stress fracture to a small bone in the wrist, and a chip in the bone connecting his hip to his pelvis. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Movable ladders, unspecified
An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and ankle, and a dislocated jaw.
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