Fractures

Name: Fractures at Reefer Express, LLC
Start: 11/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110778 · 11/16/2016 · Reefer Express, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Secondary source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Reefer Express, LLC
Location: Georgia Port Authority, GARDEN CITY, GEORGIA, 31408
NAICS: 488210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was washing a refrigerated container with a hose and signaled the driver to drive away. The water hose became stuck on the container as the driver pulled away. It wrapped around the employee's foot and pulled him off the dock to the ground, fracturing his back vertebra.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown