OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA—
Baker Hughes
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Baker Hughes , 2300 S. Prospect Ave., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73129 on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was acting as a spotter and guiding a flatbed operator while standing on the rear passenger side of an outrigger leg when he stepped back onto a mobile crane platform and fell approximately 70 inches to the ground. He was hospitalized with an open fracture to the left ankle.
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