Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C., 2553 Bass Pro Blvd, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA 36066
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a ladder to remove a display outside a store. He fell about 12 feet to the concrete sidewalk and suffered hip injuries. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHip(s)Movable ladders, unspecified
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