Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Industries Big Bend, Inc., Hopkins Power Plant, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32304
on — Fractures, affecting the skull.
Final narrative
An employee was conducting janitorial work when he was found unconscious at the bottom of the stairs by another employee. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture.
HospitalizedSkullNonclassifiable
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