Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OHIO VALLEY FLOORING, 640 North Cassady, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43219
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was standing in front of a tractor trailer that had been brought into a customer dock area to unload product. The truck began rolling, pinning the employee against another truck in the dock area. The employee suffered head trauma, sternum damage, and broken ribs, and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersSemi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
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