Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Novinium, Inc., 3001 Maple Avenue, DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was climbing down into a vault when they grabbed onto some doors on the vault and the doors gave way, causing the employee to fall at least 20 feet to the bottom of the vault, which had capped rebar on it. The employee suffered broken ribs and a broken sternum.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersConfined spaces, n.e.c.
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