Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TMC Transportation, Inc., 1555 N Mingo Road, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74116
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
A driver was tarping his loaded trailer when he fell 13 feet from the load to the cement parking lot. He sustained fractures to his C1-C4 vertebrae, right scapula, twelve ribs on the left side, and a collapsed lung.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
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