Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Daryl Flood Logistics, Inc., 450 Airline Road, COPPELL, TEXAS 75019
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While unloading a conveyor belt, an employee became faint, began to sit, twisted his ankle, and then fell and broke his leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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