Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bimbo Bakeries USA, 7301 Freeway, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76103
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the ankle(s) and knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a shopping cart filled with cardboard down a ramp to the recycling dumpster. The employee pushed downward on the shopping cart's handle and the cart tipped over causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained bruises to her left knee and right ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and knee(s)Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
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