Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A#1 Air, Inc., 1645 Chapman Street, CEDAR HILL, TEXAS 75104
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was performing HVAC maintenance when they stepped through a floor board and fell approximately 10 feet through the ceiling to the floor. The employee sustained a right shoulder injury.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Ceilings
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