GALENA PARK, TEXAS—
Platinum Stevedoring, Inc.
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Platinum Stevedoring, Inc., 1606 Clinton Drive, GALENA PARK, TEXAS 77547 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was walking on the top of the back of his semi trailer (flatbed) where he just finished securing a load when he tripped on the top surface of the flatbed trailer and fell to the concrete slab he was parked on (fall distance height of 3.5'). He fractured his right scapula, right clavicle, and one to four right-side ribs, requiring hospitalization.
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