THORNTON, COLORADO—
Amazon
Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Amazon, 14601 Grant St. , THORNTON, COLORADO 80023 on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a gift wrapper machine when she collapsed and struck her head on an adjacent conveyor. She got up and then fell again, striking her head on a pallet and then the concrete floor. She was hospitalized.
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