Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Done Right Home Improvement , 643 Martin Luther King Dr., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a ladder to the roof to remove materials and fell 12 feet resulting in a broken right ankle and leg.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and leg(s), unspecifiedMovable ladders, unspecified
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