Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North Texas Contracting Inc., Chisolm Trail and McPherson Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76123
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
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