Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 7914 Granite Ridge Lane, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77095
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was working in a customer's attic above the second story. The employee fell two stories through the ceiling and landed on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a shoulder injury.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Ceilings
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