Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Performance Food Group Inc,, 225 John Hancock Road, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02780
on — Fractures , affecting the Pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was in a truck. The truck pulled away from the dock and the employee fell out of the truck. They sustained multiple pelvic fractures.
Hospitalized Pelvis Trucks unspecified
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