EL PASO, TEXAS—
Old Dominion Freightline, Inc.
Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
Employee was connecting the jiff to a trailer. Employee smashed his thumb between the jiff and the trailer connector.
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