Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sherwin-Williams Paint Store, 1014 61st Street, GALVESTON, TEXAS 77551
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to rearrange merchandise in a warehouse. As he was walking around the back of the forklift, the employee slipped on hydraulic fluid that leaked from the vehicle and fell to the floor, resulting in a femur fracture.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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