Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at INSULATION DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 530 Grand Street, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32805
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A driver was at a customer's location unloading fiberglass insulation on pallets. As the driver was removing a pallet, the top bags got caught on the door and shifted. The driver tried to shift them back and fell from the liftgate at the back of the truck. The driver sustained a cut on the leg and possible bone damage.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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