Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at E.L. Farmer & Company, 1002 S CR West , ODESSA, TEXAS 79763
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was on an A-frame ladder replacing a light on top of his truck when he fell approximately 3.5 feet to the ground below. The employee hit his head and hip.
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