Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jose Aleman, 9950 Woodloch Loading Dock, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77380
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An employee was pulling a flat cart loaded with material from a jobsite. When he reached the ramp to access the lower level of the dock, the material's weight shifted forward and the cart pinned the employee against a wall at the bottom of the ramp. The employee sustained three transverse processes fractures and a laceration of the nose and the back of the head.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableCart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
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