Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, Limited Partnership, 344 Reidville Drive, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT 06705
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee climbed up the side of a product rack to retrieve a case of product from the second tier when they fell and landed on their stomach, resulting in a fractured maxillary face bone, a displaced nasal bone, and a fractured left and right arm.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Racks-garment and other
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