Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EAN Holdings, 1505 Harry Wurzbach Road, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78209
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee and a co-worker were assessing and attempting to move rental vehicles when a car door opened and struck the employee. The employee then fell to the ground and suffered a fractured hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
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