Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hooper Corporation, 2688 S Co Rd 6 E, ALAMOSA, COLORADO 81102
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employees were engaging in horseplay when the injured employee lost his balance and fell from the back of a digger derrick truck to the ground. The employee's leg was fractured in two places.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
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