Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Performance Foodservice Temple, Zaxby's, KILLEEN, TEXAS 76549
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
Employees were unloading food from a delivery truck when the wind swung the truck door closed. The door struck the injured employee, causing them to fall from the ramp to the ground. The employee suffered a right hip fracture.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Straight trucks, box trucks
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