Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WATERTOWN IRON WORKS,INC., 300 Meadow Road, DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02026
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working from a scissor lift at a jobsite and fell out of the scissor lift onto the concrete below fracturing ribs, a leg and vertebrae.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
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