Other jump to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Catering Operations, 4507 Wright Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77032
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a pallet from a truck when the truck pulled away from the dock. She then jumped from the jack plate on the dock to the back of the truck and fell to the ground, suffering a skull fracture and slight concussion. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedSkullRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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