Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heniff Transportation Systems, 4620 North Galloway Rd, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33810
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was preforming a pre-check inspection on a trailer. They fell from the top of the trailer while walking to the ladder and landed on the ground, sustaining a brain bleed and fractures to the back and ribs.
HospitalizedHead and trunkTrailers
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