Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ACI Motor Freight, Inc., Century AC, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76117
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s) and back.
Final narrative
An employee was in the back of a vehicle, moving skids of freight to access a shipment for unloading. As he pulled a skid, its plastic strapping/banding broke, throwing him off balance. He fell out of the back of the truck, landed on his right shoulder and back, and suffered injuries to both.
HospitalizedShoulder(s) and backTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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