WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN—
Dick's Sporting Goods
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Dick's Sporting Goods, 11500 W. Burleigh St., Suite 140, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN 53222 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working from a 6-foot step ladder to install a shelf onto a wall used as a clothing display when the employee lost balance and fell to the floor. The shelf the employee was attempting to install landed on and broke the employee's right leg.
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