Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mirabito Holdings Inc., 16 Business Boulevard, CASTLETON ON HUDSON, NEW YORK 12033
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
Final narrative
An employee had been unloading tires from the back of a pickup truck. The employee went to step down out of the back of the pickup truck and stepped on the lift gate in a vertical position. The lift gate tipped and employee fell, impacting their side on the upright liftgate. The employee sustained five fractured ribs and a punctured right lung. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Multiple internal chest locations Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
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