Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baylor University, 209 Speight Ave., WACO, TEXAS 76798
on — Fractures , affecting the Back sacral region.
Final narrative
A student employee was rappelling in a gym, training students before a field trip. The rope she was using slipped through the rigging, causing her to fall onto the bleachers below. She was hospitalized with a broken sacrum.
Hospitalized Back sacral region Structures and surfaces unspecified
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