Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at J & R Slaw Incorporated
Start: 7/21/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022076407 · 7/21/2022 · J & R Slaw Incorporated

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Trailers
Secondary source: Heat-environmental

Employer

Name: J & R Slaw Incorporated
Location: 438 Riverview Road, LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18235
NAICS: 327390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in the upper yard securing preformed concrete slabs for transport on an easel trailer. The employee was sitting on the top crossmember of the easel trailer and fell more than 6 feet through the middle to the crossmembers below resulting in lacerations to his head and leg. The employee may have lost consciousness prior to falling due to the heat.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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