Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LASHIP, LLC, 367 Dickson Road, HOUMA, LOUISIANA 70363
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was installing handrails on a scaffold. While changing position, she fell, landing on the ground 14 feet below and suffering several broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a non-displaced vertebra fracture.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedNonclassifiable
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