TULSA, OKLAHOMA—
Dick's Sporting Goods
Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dick's Sporting Goods, 7523 S. Olympia Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74132 on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a treadmill from a truck using a dolly. The treadmill and the dolly fell on him, breaking a vertebra at the base of his neck. He was hospitalized.
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