Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc.

Other fall to lower level, unspecified - Fractures - PORT ARTHUR, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. in PORT ARTHUR, Texas
Employer Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc.
Address 4241 Savannah
City, State ZIP PORT ARTHUR, Texas 77640
Report ID 2016010140
Event Date January 7, 2016
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures
Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source of Injury Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 561720
GPS Coordinates 29.90330, -93.96693

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Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing to offload materials at a laydown yard. He was reaching for a cable attached to a load when his leg gave out, causing him to fall from the truck and fracture his left leg.

Incident Summary

On January 7, 2016, a worker at Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. in PORT ARTHUR, Texas suffered fractures to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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