Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Intercon Environmental, Inc., 210 Walnut Creek Drive, MANSFIELD, TEXAS 76063
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading asbestos bags onto the scaffold and walking. The scaffold collapsed, struck him in the head, and knocked him down. He sustained a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedScaffolds-staging, unspecified
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