Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Stericycle, Inc.
Start: 2/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021755 · 2/20/2018 · Stericycle, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
Source: Ramps, loading docks, dock plates

Employer

Name: Stericycle, Inc.
Location: 2821 Industrial Lane, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75041
NAICS: 562119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on the ground level manually lifting the dock plate to sit on a trailer. The dock leveler was a mechanical chain driven dock leveler that would not raise completely due to a mechanical issue with the tensioner. As the employee lifted the dock plate, he was pinned between the dock plate and the trailer resulting in broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

Source

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