Fall on same level due to slipping · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Signet Maritime Corporation, 11762 Marco Beach Dr., Ste 1, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32224
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On October 22, 2019, an employee was pushing a dolly containing boxes of cleaning supplies down the ramp when he slipped and fell. He was hospitalized with a muscle injury to a leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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