Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alamo Broadband Inc., 3712 New Mathis, ELMENDORF, TEXAS 78112
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was surveying a building to determine the routing of fiber for a communications installation when he stepped into a ditch that was unmarked and fractured his left knee.
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An employee was putting a tarp on a water tank while standing on a trailer. She lost her footing and fell through the trailer bed, striking the corner of the trailer bed. The employee sustained internal bleeding.
An employee was repairing a sub-floor in a residential house that had water and fire damage. The employee fell through the sub-floor and landed in the basement, resulting in spinal fractures that required hospitalization.
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