CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
International Equipment, Inc.
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at International Equipment, Inc., 7435 W. Talcott Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60631 on — Fractures , affecting the Part of body unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a scaffold from one side of an upper roof to the other. He tripped and fell 20 feet to a lower roofline, suffering trauma and multiple fractures.
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