Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FirstService Residential, Inc, 2127 Brickell Avenue, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33129
on — Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was on a ladder while hanging holiday lights when they fell to the ground and sustained a severe head laceration as well as two fractures to his lumbar vertebrae.
HospitalizedLumbar regionLadders, unspecified
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