Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at L&T Group of Companies, LTD, JP Center Building, SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 96950
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was trying to dismantle the wooden staging props on a trailer. He lost his balance and jumped off the trailer, landing about 4 feet below and breaking a bone in his right leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedTrailers
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