Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bozzuto's, Inc., 224 Sandbank Road, CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT 06410
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee climbed up into a fuel truck to get something from the cab. While stepping out of the truck, the employee missed the second step and fell about 5 feet. The employee struck their head on the pavement and sustained head lacerations and back injuries.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedSemi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
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