Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aeroseal, LLC., 1620 Estivella Drive, LITTLE ELM, TEXAS 75068
on — Fractures, affecting the Nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was walking across a second-floor crosswalk in a home that was being built. He fell off the edge of the crosswalk and suffered a fractured vertebra. He was hospitalized and required surgery. The railings on the crosswalk had not yet been installed.
Hospitalized Nonclassifiable Structures and surfaces, unspecified
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