Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Solo Cup Operating Corporation, 4444 West Ledbetter Dr., DALLAS, TEXAS 75236
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee used an air hose to blow lids that had fallen on the floor into a pile. While walking by the lids to get a broom and dustpan, the employee slipped on the lids and fell, landing on and breaking her left wrist.
HospitalizedWrist(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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