VANCE, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: MERCEDES DMB
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at MERCEDES DMB in VANCE, AL 35490 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was dED DRIVER in trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- MERCEDES DMB
- Parent company
- AVERITT EXPRESS INC.
- Street
- 1 MERCEDES DR
- City
- VANCE
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35490
- On-site location
- MERCEDES
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
AE STATES HE WAS PULLING AROUND ROW E TO PICK UP A TRAILER HE WENT TO OPEN THE TRAILER DOOR
What happened
WHEN HE OPENED IT THE FREIGHT CAME OUT AND HIT HIM IN HIS HEAD KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND THE LANDING ON HIS RT LEG.
Injury or illness
CT SCAN OF HIS HEAD EVERYTHING CAME BACK CLEAR NO MEDS WERE GIVEN AND NO RESTRICTION. TOLD HIM HE WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK TONIGHT.
Object or substance involved
FALLING FREIGHT
Summary line
AE WAS OPENING A TRAILER DOOR AND FREIGHT FELL OUT HITTING HIM IN HIS HEAD KNOCKING HIM DOWN AND THE FREIGHT LANDED ON HIS RT LEG.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- DED DRIVER
- SOC code
- 53-3032 — Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- NAICS code
- 484122 — Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 289
- Total hours worked
- 575424
- EIN
- 620755421
- Establishment ID
- 81508
- Employer case #
- EV20242244
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 22:24
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24FEB2025:01:51:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.