Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Insight Pest Solutions, CT, LLC, 4 Statford Crossing, AVON, CONNECTICUT 06001
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was spreading pesticide around the perimeter of a customer's house and slipped on snow/ice. His foot got caught on a divot and his left leg twisted causing a fracture of the tibia and fibula.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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