Fall on same level due to slipping · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EL-MILAGRO OF ATLANTA, INC., 2674 Weaver Way, DORAVILLE, GEORGIA 30340
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was stepping down from an elevated platform, that is 30 inches above the floor, onto two stacked pallets that had two pieces of cardboard stacked on top of each other on the surface of the top pallet. The employee placed his right foot on a piece of cardboard that was not aligned with the pallet. His left foot slipped and he fell backwards, hitting his head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained head injuries including hemorrhagic contusions with associated subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hematomas, and a fracture of the occipital bone.
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