Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Orizon Aero Structures, 2522 W. 21st Street, CHANUTE, KANSAS 66720
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on top of a platform. The employee took a step back and fell off the platform and sustained a midshaft fracture of the right humerus with displacement and overriding of fracture fragments.
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