Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Carter Lumber, 2801 W Avonia Road, FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA 16415
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was putting together an order by stacking materials on wood pallets. The employee went to step over a pallet, caught his foot, and fell to the concrete ground. He landed on his shoulder and was hospitalized for shoulder surgery.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Floor, n.e.c.
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