Fractures

Name: Fractures at YRC Freight
Start: 3/8/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018032310 · 3/8/2018 · YRC Freight

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Trailers

Employer

Name: YRC Freight
Location: 1265 La Quinta Dr., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32809
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a board hook to try to pull a crate out of a trailer, but it did not latch onto the crate. The employee pulled and fell backwards out of the trailer to the ground, fracturing a wrist and requiring hospitalization.

Source

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