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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2015010632 · 1/20/2015 · Printpack, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source
Tarps and sheeting-nonmetal, unspecified

Employer

Name
Printpack, Inc.
Location
210 Kansas City Avenue, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71107
NAICS
322220
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was helping the truck driver load equipment onto a flatbed truck. They were covering the equipment with a tarp. The tarp began to slip, causing the employee to lose balance and fall onto the concrete platform 4 feet below the flatbed surface. The employee was taken to Willis Knighton North Medical Center and admitted. The employee suffered a compression fracture to the L-1 Vertebrae.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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