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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2017054418 · 5/15/2017 · Wabash National Corporation Trailer Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source
Liftgates
Secondary source
Trailers

Employer

Name
Wabash National Corporation Trailer Center
Location
289 Dutch Hollow Road, SMITHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15479
NAICS
423110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to replace the lift gate on a 53-foot trailer. He removed two tall yellow jacks and then hit the pin in the lift gate cylinder. The gate fell on him and he was pinned in the squatting position with the lift gate on top of his back. He suffered compression fractures to his back.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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