Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Discovery Quartz and Granite LLC, 3423 All American Blvd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32810
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was walking backwards, moving a piece of quartz with a colleague, when he tripped over a cart and fell to the floor. The piece of quartz fell on and fractured his left middle finger.
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