SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA—
PCL Construction
Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PCL Construction, Interstate 220, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71105 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to pick up lumber from an overturned 18-wheeler on the interstate. The employee was standing on a bundle of lumber when the load shifted and catapulted the employee 4 to 6 feet in the air. He landed on and injured his neck.
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