Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FIESTA MART, L.L.C., 2940 South First Street, GARLAND, TEXAS 75041
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was consolidating two pallets (on the second tier of some industrial shelving) into one, using an 8-foot ladder. While trying to get back onto the ladder, he fell to the concrete floor, breaking his right wrist.
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