Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Red Thread Spaces, LLC
Start: 12/3/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191212452 · 12/3/2019 · Red Thread Spaces, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Secondary source: Ice, sleet, snow

Employer

Name: Red Thread Spaces, LLC
Location: 248 Old Gate Lane, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06460
NAICS: 337214
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pulling cardboard to the back opening of a truck. There was slush that made the back of the truck slippery. The employee slipped and fell backward 4 feet from the truck to the ground, sustaining three broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a severe head laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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