Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. dba Preferred Meals, 5240 St. Charles Rd., BERKELEY, ILLINOIS 60163
on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the multiple back regions.
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Final narrative
On September 25, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. the injured employee was loading a semi-trailer at the dock of the facility using a forklift. The truck driver pulled away from the dock with the forklift still in the trailer section of the truck. The forklift and the employee fell out of the back of the truck onto the concrete parking lot. The employee suffered a lumbar fracture and a spinal injury.
HospitalizedMultiple back regionsSemi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
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