Fractures

Name: Fractures at SAIA LTL Freight
Start: 1/22/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025010701 · 1/22/2025 · SAIA LTL Freight

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Structural panels and sheets n.e.c.
Secondary source: Vehicle trailers, trailing units

Employer

Name: SAIA LTL Freight
Location: 1107 Old Route 22, DUNCANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16635
NAICS: 484110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was unloading a trailer. When he unstrapped 4 x 8 plastic panels that were stored vertically in the back of the trailer, they began to buckle and fell on him. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae.

Source

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