# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087459` · 8/14/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.
- **Location:** 4600 East Lake Blvd, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a pallet jack from a flatbed trailer. When the tire of the pallet jack contacted the wood decking of the trailer, the jack shifted abruptly and caused the employee to fall off the side of the trailer, landing on the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of his head, a concussion, and a fractured right elbow.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*