BEAVER EXPRESS
Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Skull fracture and intracranial injury — LAVERNE, OKLAHOMA
| Employer | BEAVER EXPRESS | Report ID | 2015097263 |
| Address | 117 SW 7th St. | City, State ZIP | LAVERNE, OKLAHOMA 73848 |
| Event Date | September 30, 2015 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Skull fracture and intracranial injury | Body Part | Brain |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Source of Injury | Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck |
| Industry (NAICS) | 492110 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.70000, -99.89000 | ||
Incident Narrative
The injured employee, a semi truck driver, left the company in Woodward to deliver a load at various locations in Oklahoma. He left Woodward around 3:00 AM to go to the site in Laverne, OK. When he got to the site, he opened the door and got a forklift truck out to unload the truck by himself. Someone came to the site later and found him on the ground. He may have fallen from the back of the truck. He had 3 broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding in the brain.
Incident Summary
On September 30, 2015, a worker at BEAVER EXPRESS in LAVERNE, OKLAHOMA suffered skull fracture and intracranial injury to the brain. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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