Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HEB, LP - Houston Retail Support Center, 4625 Windfern, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a hydraulic dock leveler at a loading dock door. The lift fell and struck him on the head/neck, breaking his C5 vertebra. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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