Bruckner's Truck & Equipment

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified — Fractures — SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Bruckner's Truck & Equipment in SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
Employer Bruckner's Truck & Equipment Report ID 2025054787
Address 7600 Greenwood Road City, State ZIP SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71119
Event Date May 21, 2025 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Back thoracic region
Event Type Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified Source of Injury Trucks unspecified
Secondary Source Other constructed surface
Industry (NAICS) 336390 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 32.44000, -93.91000

Incident Narrative

An employee was going to take a truck for a test drive. He was exiting the truck and stepped on the top step. The step came loose and caused the employee to fall to the concrete ground. His head hit the bottom of the step of the truck next to him. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to his T12 vertebra.

Incident Summary

On May 21, 2025, a worker at Bruckner's Truck & Equipment in SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA suffered fractures to the back thoracic region. The incident was classified as fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified, with trucks unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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