Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dohrn Transfer Company, 8000 Hall St. #B, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63147
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Waiting for his truck tire to be repaired when the vendor's air compressor exploded, causing truck damage and shrapnel to strike the employee. He suffered cracked vertebrae and lacerations that required hospitalization.
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An employee was walking toward a door entry when he lost his footing on the edge of the sidewalk and fell to the ground, suffering multiple fractures to his hip joint.
An employee was at the dock delivering materials using a pallet jack. The wheel of the pallet jack fell into a gap between the dock plate and the truck. As the employee was pulling on it to get it out a part of the skid broke and the employee fell injuring his right leg.
An employee fell from the trailer of a transport truck while unloading material striking his head and shoulder resulting in a broken clavicle and concussion.
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