Other fall to lower level unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SA Recycling LLC, 700 West 20th St., SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA 35660
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was climbing down between a truck and trailer to remove the tarp from the load when the material got caught on the tarp. As he was climbing down to remove the tarp from the material, he tripped on a pipe or bungee cord and fell from the fender to the ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a pneumothorax on the right side of his body.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Other semi, tractor-trailer
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