Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coca Cola Southwest Beverages, LLC., 2901 South Capital of Texas Highway, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on top of a sink basin feeding tubing through the ceiling to the front of the store to where the soda fountain was located. He fell three feet off the sink basin to the ground below, resulting in a fractured right leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedSinks
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