Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company, 207 Pitney Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17601
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning off a container when he tripped over an air hose in the dust containment room. He fell and hit his head on a rail, requiring hospitalization for two broken ribs, a back injury, and a cut above his left eye.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersContainers, unspecified
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