Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Davey Tree Expert Company, 375 Bowline Bend, NAPLES, FLORIDA 34102
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving a tool from the back of a work truck when they lost their footing and fell. The employee landed on the trailer jack stand and sustained fractured ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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