Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TBC Corporation, 930 N Courtnay Parkway, MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA 32953
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was unloading tires from a truck at a warehouse when he fell 2 feet out of the back of the truck and hit his shoulder and neck on the ground. He was hospitalized overnight.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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