Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Shadco LLC
Start: 5/28/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024054631 · 5/28/2024 · Shadco LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact less than 6 feet
Source: Pickup truck
Secondary source: Vehicle trailers, trailing units

Employer

Name: Shadco LLC
Location: Walnut Drive, HOME, PENNSYLVANIA, 15747
NAICS: 237120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was retrieving a suitcase generator out of the bed of a pickup truck. While handing the generator to an employee on the ground, the injured employee slipped and fell off the bumper of the truck. He landed on the tongue of the trailer that the truck was coupled to. The employee sustained a bruised lung and three fractured ribs.

Source

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