Fractures

Name: Fractures at Southeastern Freight Lines
Start: 12/20/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211789 · 12/20/2024 · Southeastern Freight Lines

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level unspecified
Source: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
Secondary source: Strapping, bands

Employer

Name: Southeastern Freight Lines
Location: 5619 Ave. A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pallet jack to remove a pallet from the back of a trailer when the strap on the pallet broke. The momentum caused the employee to fall from the trailer to the ground, resulting in an L1 vertebra fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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