Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Technology for Education LLC, 1 Leopard Ln, LORENA, TEXAS 76655
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a 6-foot ladder. The ladder wobbled, then fell; the employee fell with it to the floor and suffered a back injury. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedStep ladders
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