Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Name: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Saia LTL Freight
Start: 12/15/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211210756 · 12/15/2021 · Saia LTL Freight

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Secondary source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: Saia LTL Freight
Location: 8210 Jake Hunter Drive, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 9:10 a.m. on December 15, 2021, an employee fell off the rear catwalk of a tractor-trailer. He landed on his back and suffered a concussion, a head injury requiring stitches to the back of the head, four broken ribs, and two broken vertebrae in his back.

Source

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