Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 3300 S. Expressway 77 83, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 78521
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was riding in the cargo bed area of an ATV while completing an exercise when she fell off the ATV and hit her head on the pavement. She was hospitalized with a fracture at the temporal lobe and hemorrhage of the frontal lobe.
HospitalizedBrainATV, all terrain vehicle
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