Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Name: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc. at Fed Ex Freight Inc
Start: 7/27/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017077040 · 7/27/2017 · Fed Ex Freight Inc

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Multiple traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Fed Ex Freight Inc
Location: 130 Old Country Circle, WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, 06095
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading pallets onto a trailer. After loading one, he turned and tripped on another pallet inside the trailer and fell resulting in a dislocated right knee and patellar tendon rupture.

Source

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