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Unimark Truck Transport LLC

Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Unimark Truck Transport LLC in JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Unimark Truck Transport LLC Report ID 20181010125
Address Supreme Corporation, 411 Jonestown Road City, State ZIP JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17038
Event Date October 1, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode Source of Injury Boxes, crates, cartons
Industry (NAICS) 484121 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.41000, -76.49000

Incident Narrative

An employee stepped up into a truck to get his tool box, which weighed 40-50 pounds. While pulling on the box to get it out of the truck, he felt pain in his back and down his right leg, so severe that it caused him to fall back out of the truck onto the ground.

Incident Summary

On October 1, 2018, a worker at Unimark Truck Transport LLC in JONESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode, with boxes, crates, cartons identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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