Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FirstFleet, Inc, 625 Westport Pkwy, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS 76051
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
A driver had been making a delivery and was walking back to the trailer. The driver tripped over a speed bump in the parking lot and fell to the ground sustaining a fractured right humerus requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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