Fall on same level due to slipping · Intracranial injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Double R Brand Foods LLC, 800 Ellen Trout Dr., LUFKIN, TEXAS 75904
on — Intracranial injuries, unspecified, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee was walking on a concrete walkway when he slipped on wet concrete, fell, and hit the back of his head on the concrete ground. He was hospitalized.
After unloading processed meats from several walk-in ovens, an employee entered a walk-in cooler. The employee passed out and fell face-first to the floor of the cooler. The employee sustained a dislocated jaw and several teeth were knocked out.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.