Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Industry Inc., 8110 Woodland Center Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33614
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was bringing a piece of equipment into a warehouse on a pallet jack. As he entered the warehouse, the pallet jack hit a hump in the floor and tipped over, breaking vertebrae in the employee's back.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedPallet jack-powered
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