Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at YRC Freight, Inc, 5250 Brecksville Road, RICHFIELD, OHIO 44286
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
The injured employee was unloading freight at a dock door. The employee exited their powered industrial vehicle (PIV) to read a label on freight when another employee pulled the door. The dock plate fell causing the injured employee to fall approximately 4 feet from the dock to the concrete ground and sustain a compression fracture in his back and fractures to the ribs and tailbone.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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