Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hogan Dedicated Services, LLC, Dollar General, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78227
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was beginning to unload a trailer. When he removed a crossbar in the trailer that had been stabilizing some packages during transport, the packages fell. He was knocked out of the trailer to the ground and suffered a broken leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedDelivery truck or van
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