Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oncor Electric Delivery, LLC, 1616 Woodall Rodgers, DALLAS, TEXAS 75202
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was in the back of a truck, trying to get a transformer un-wedged from underneath an object. His hand slipped and he fell off the back of the truck, landing on his back. He was hospitalized, suffering from lower back pain and pain down his right leg.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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