Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at W. Brown Enterprises, Inc., FM 2729 and Copeland Ln., VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS 75495
on — Fractures, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was in a bucket truck's bucket, retrieving a device that had been left behind while telecommunications conduit was installed. The employee fell out of the bucket and suffered a broken vertebra.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBoom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
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