CICERO, NEW YORK—
GANDER OUTDOORS, LLC
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GANDER OUTDOORS, LLC, 5864 Carminica Drive, CICERO, NEW YORK 13039 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was demonstrating an electric bicycle on the sales floor for a customer when the employee fell to the ground, fracturing the left leg and required hospitalization.
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