Fractures

Name: Fractures at Crete Carrier Corporation
Start: 8/18/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022087360 · 8/18/2022 · Crete Carrier Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
Secondary source: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Crete Carrier Corporation
Location: 2200 7th Ave SW, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A truck driver was manually unhooking a trailer. The driver hooked an extension bar to the manual handle for the fifth wheel and began to pull. The extension bar slipped, causing them to fall backward to the concrete ground and sustain a broken vertebra in the lower back.

Source

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