Fall on same level due to slipping · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camp Balcones Springs, L.P., 104 Balcones Springs Drive, MARBLE FALLS, TEXAS 78654
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was getting out of a skid steer loader when they slipped on ice and fell between the loader's arms and the cab of the tractor. While falling, a lever was pressed that caused the arms of the skid steer to lower and crush the employee between the cab and the arms. The employee suffered three broken ribs, a collapsed right lung, a fractured C7 vertebra, lost feeling/use of the right arm, and broken blood vessels in both eyes.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
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