BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA—
Automation Personnel Services, Inc.
Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Automation Personnel Services, Inc., Agway Systems, Inc., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70807 on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee stood up from a chair to go turn off his machine. He lost his balance and fell, landing on his right side and fracturing his right hip. He was hospitalized.
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