Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Atlantic Ambulance Corporation
Start: 1/4/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024010078 · 1/4/2024 · Atlantic Ambulance Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lung(s), pleura
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Straight trucks, box trucks
Secondary source: Other constructed surface

Employer

Name: Atlantic Ambulance Corporation
Location: Newton Medical Center 175 High Street, NEWTON, NEW JERSEY, 07860
NAICS: 621910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a metal rolling cart from a truck to the loading dock when they fell off the liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a right fourth rib fracture and displacement as well as a lung contusion.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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