Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AUTO TIRE & PARTS COMPANY, 212 S Kingshighway, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI 63703
on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery to a customer when he tripped on a four-inch rise on the floor. He fell forward into a forklift and sustained a four-and-a-half-inch laceration to the forehead and a neck vertebra fracture. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersFloor irregularity
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