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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 20181212944 · 12/18/2018 · Rush Health Systems, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source
Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered

Employer

Name
Rush Health Systems, Inc.
Location
1314 19th Ave., MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
NAICS
561990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was unloading material that was stacked on rolling pallets on the truck. When the employee removed the tie-down strap, the rolling cart struck him and knocked him off the truck and he fell four feet to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized for a subdermal hematoma to the head, lacerations, fractured ribs and a subdermal hematoma to the abdomen.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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