Fall, slip, trip, unspecified · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WELLPATH LLC, 13619 South East Highway 70, ARCADIA, FLORIDA 34266
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was using a paint scaffold to reach boxes on an industrial shelf about 6-feet 4-inches high. A metal frame caught his foot, causing him to trip and fall onto a pipe. He suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsStructures and surfaces, unspecified
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