Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caliber Holdings LLC, Caliber Collision, PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 19460
on — Fractures, affecting the Multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was preparing to leave for the day. He slipped or tripped and fell while walking through the detail bay. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to his left humerus, right femur, and possibly his right hip.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
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