Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Stoneland Inc., 11631 Fairgrove Industrial Blvd., MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI 63043
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
A truck driver was loading granite slabs onto a truck bed when he fell through a gap between the loading dock edge and the truck bed and landed on the ground in the bay below. The driver was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula, a dislocated shoulder, and contusions.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Loading docks, dock plates
Mining operation
This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212313). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →
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