Crushing injuries

Name: Crushing injuries at Merit Logistics
Start: 3/23/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032688 · 3/23/2020 · Merit Logistics

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Crushing injuries

Cause

Event: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified

Employer

Name: Merit Logistics
Location: 6300 Creek Road, BLUE ASH, OHIO, 45242
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was securing the dock locks on a trailer when the trailer moved, causing the employee to slip and get caught between the trailer and the dock. The trailer then rolled back and caused a crushing injury to the employee's head.

Source

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