Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fluor Corporation, 8303 Sjolander Rd., BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77521
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a pipe to another pipe to be welded. As the employee was maneuvering out of the way of the moving pipe, he tripped on another pipe that was laying on the ground. He fell onto that pipe and broke his left wrist, requiring hospitalization.
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