Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acline Consulting, Inc., 8061 Congress Street, PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA 34668
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While working, an employee tripped over a PVC pipe, striking her head and face on the concrete floor and breaking her left arm.
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An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.