PADUCAH, KENTUCKY—
James Marine Inc
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at James Marine Inc, 4040 Clarks River Rd, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY 42001 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee had been welding in a clean fuel tank while standing on a scaffold when he became dizzy. He fell off the scaffold and suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured left scapula, and a fractured rib.
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