GARLAND, TEXAS—
Jose Luis Castro
Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Jose Luis Castro, 2999 N President George Bush Highway, GARLAND, TEXAS 75040 on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was on mobile scaffolding installing stucco onto the side of a building when a forklift struck the scaffold, causing it to fall over. The employee fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete driveway below, resulting in four rib fractures. They were hospitalized.
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