Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC, 217 Hobbs St, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33619
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery and was pulling the customer's freight to the rear of the trailer using the plastic strap around the freight. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall from the rear of the trailer onto the asphalt pavement below. The employee sustained fractures to their left shoulder, elbow and pelvis.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Trucks unspecified
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