Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC, 525 Beaumont, MCALLEN, TEXAS 78501
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was using a hand truck to unload plastic milk crates from a refrigerated tractor trailer. A crate got stuck. The employee pulled on the hand truck and fell backward hitting his head on the tractor trailer wall or floor. The employee sustained a head injury and contusion.
HospitalizedBrainFloor, n.e.c.
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