AUSTIN, TEXAS—
Tesla, Inc.
Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Multiple types of injuries to the brain, spinal cord
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Tesla, Inc., 2301 Scarborough Drive, Suite 340, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78728 on — Multiple types of injuries to the brain, spinal cord, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a ladder to access a roof to install conduit pipes when the ladder slipped on patio tile and came out from under him, causing him to fall approximately 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a spinal fracture and brain bruising.
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