Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Zoho Corporation, 979 Springdale Road Suite 123, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78702
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Multiple regions of the head.
Final narrative
An employee was working from an A-frame ladder to fix an access point for her office's wireless network when she fell approximately 6 feet to the concrete floor, resulting in a fractured skull and damage to her right ear drum.
Hospitalized Multiple regions of the head Step ladders
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