VANCE, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: MERCEDES DMB
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at MERCEDES DMB in VANCE, AL 35490 resulted in days away from work. 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
- 1 MERCEDES DR
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 10
Before the incident
AE STATES HE WAS AT MERCEDES 5 [REDACTED]. HE HAD BACKED UP TO THE [REDACTED] WITH ABOUT 10 FEET OF SPACE LEFT TO OPEN THE TRAILER DOORS
What happened
HE WENT TO OPEN THE FIRST DOOR AND IT WAS STUCK WITH THE SECOND DOOR. HE WAS JERKING THE LATCH TO GET IT TO OPEN UP AND WHEN HE PULLED THE LAST TIME WITH FORCE THE LATCH CAME OFF AND UP IN THE AIR AND THEN CAME DOWN ON HIS NOSE AND FACE.
Injury or illness
BROKEN NOSE AND FACIAL CONTUSION
Object or substance involved
DOOR LATCH
Summary line
STRUCK IN NOSE BY DOOR LATCH
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
- 191
- Total hours worked
- 425071
- EIN
- 620755421
- Establishment ID
- 81508
- Employer case #
- EV2025227
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:50
- Time of incident
- 22:15
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 10FEB26:16:08:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.