Injured by physical contact during horseplay · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, 660 West Savannah Circle, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA 32830
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were engaged in arm wrestling when one of the employees sustained a compound fracture of the right arm requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedCo-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
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