Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Start: 7/30/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024076899 · 7/30/2024 · Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple internal chest locations
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source: Other semi, tractor-trailer
Secondary source: Constructed surface irregularity

Employer

Name: Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
Location: 2025 Union Avenue, PARSONS, KANSAS, 67357
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was vacuuming the inside of his tractor when his foot slipped off the tractor steps and he fell onto a concrete curb at the fuel bay. The employee sustained two broken ribs on the right side and a punctured lung.

Source

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