Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at J&E Companies, 100 S. Center St., ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76010
on — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a wet scaffold board when he slid and fell off the scaffold, fracturing his shoulder, rupturing his spleen, bruising ribs, and breaking his right leg and knee.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersScaffolds-staging, unspecified
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