# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at ATAS International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054575` · 5/15/2025 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Other semi, tractor-trailer
- **Secondary source:** Other constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** ATAS International, Inc.
- **Location:** 6612 Snowdrift Road, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading pallets onto a truck and climbed down off a pallet after loosening straps to release the crane. The employee slipped off the flatbed truck and fell 4 feet to the dock plate/ground. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed and fractures to their T4, T5, and T6 vertebrae.

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