Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chicago Assembly Division, U-Haul Moving & Storage of Fox Valley, AURORA, ILLINOIS 60504
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading a trailer from a transport trailer and fell to the ground. The employee fractured his right femur at the hip and required surgery.
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The employee was climbing into the driver side of the truck in the parking lot while holding a lunchbox and a clipboard. The employee slipped on snow and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.
An employee was making a delivery and was pulling the customer's freight to the rear of the trailer using the plastic strap around the freight. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall from the rear of the trailer onto the asphalt pavement below. The employee sustained fractures to their left shoulder, elbow and pelvis.
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