Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GAT Airline Ground Support Inc., 200 M.H. Jackson Service Rd, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30354
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was closing the rear door of a 22-ft. box truck when the truck began to drive away. The employee had one foot on the back of the truck and one foot on the dock; he fell from the dock to the pavement and sustained a head contusion.
HospitalizedHead, unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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