Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trailer Component Manufacturing, Inc. (TRACOM), 8200 Tyler Boulevard, MENTOR, OHIO 44060
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was drilling holes in a dumper spreader tailgate when the tailgate fell on his back, injuring it. He was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Dump trucks
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