Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HEB Grocery Company, LP, 4710 N. Pan Am Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78218
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a trailer with a yard tractor when he fell from the tractor cab ladder onto the concrete floor, striking his head.
HospitalizedHead, unspecifiedIndustrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
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