Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AVERITT EXPRESS, 1 Mercedes Dr, VANCE, ALABAMA 35490
on , Fractures, affecting the multiple back regions.
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to offload a trailer that was backing up to a dock. As the employee opened the trailer doors, a 300- to 400-pound steel rack containing parts fell onto the employee, pinning him to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a pulmonary contusion to the right upper lobe and fractures to the T12, L1, and L2 vertebrae of the thoracic and lumbar spine.
HospitalizedMultiple back regionsRacks-garment and other