Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Century Fire Protection, 5800 Mesa Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77028
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was replacing a sprinkler pipe while standing on a trestle ladder. As he was tightening the sprinkler pipe with a pipe wrench, he lost his grip and fell from the ladder, injuring his head, back, and left shoulder. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Movable ladders, n.e.c.
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