Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Heart Hospital of Austin, 3801 N. Lamar Boulevard, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78713
on , Fractures, affecting the exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was transporting a rolling bin of trash across the loading bay parking lot to a dumpster. The employee's field of view was limited to the right side of the bin when a vehicle that was backing up impacted the front-left corner of the bin. The bin fell to the right, causing the employee to fall to the ground and suffer a non-displaced spinal vertebral fracture that required hospitalization.
HospitalizedExterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecifiedRoadway vehicle motorized, unspecified