FREEPORT, TEXAS—
Dow Freeport Texas Operations
Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dow Freeport Texas Operations, 2301 N. Brazosport Blvd., FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541 on — Fractures, affecting the foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was ascending a portable ladder/platform system. The employee got to the top of the platform system and fell through the opening that would normally go over the man-hole of a tractor trailer, suffering a fractured heel and tibia.
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