Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at K&N Engineering Inc, 741 Refuge Way, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to retrieve a mop when he slipped and fell, resulting in a fractured left leg.
An employee was removing a filter from inside a mold when a switch malfunctioned and the mold clamped on his left hand, crushing it. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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