Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Department of Homeland Security, Tex Mex Train Yard, LAREDO, TEXAS 78041
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An officer was conducting border watch operations in a train yard area. While walking down a creek, he fell and hit his head on a tree trunk. He sustained a cut to the head and a potential concussion.
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