Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VSS Southern Theaters, 500 S Pier Park Drive, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA 32413
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a theater and walked up the ramp to the projection booth to turn down the volume. When he left the projection booth, he jumped over a guardrail (6 feet) and impacted the floor, suffering neck and back pain. He was hospitalized with a neck injury.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersGuardrails, road dividers
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