ROYSE CITY, TEXAS—
Mastec Advanced Technologies
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mastec Advanced Technologies, 5495 JR Drive, ROYSE CITY, TEXAS 75189 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working from a ladder, installing cable lines to the eave of a roof over a driveway, when he fell off the ladder. He injured his head, pelvis, rib, and arm on his left side and was hospitalized.
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