Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PORTS AMERICA LOUISIANA, INC., Nashville Open Wharf, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70115
on , Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
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Final narrative
An employee was unloading 639-pound bundles of plywood from a shipping container using a forklift. The employee aligned the forklift with the right most bundle. He then dismounted the forklift and tilted the braced bundle toward his forklift, easing the bundle down to lay flat. As he turned to get back onto his forklift, the unbraced bundle tipped forward, striking the employee in the lower back and knocking him over. The employee sustained a fracture to the L2 vertebra and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLumbar regionBundles, bales
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