Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. , 5511 Lester Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45213
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck and back.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a box truck at a customer's home and was in the back of the trailer putting a thin plastic strap on the product to allow it to slide into the truck. The strap broke and the employee started to fall backwards. He tried to grab the door strap but fell out of the trailer onto the concrete ground on his back, suffering back and neck trauma.
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