MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA—
PORT 32 Marinas Marco Island
Fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PORT 32 Marinas Marco Island, 705 E Elkcam Cir, MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA 34145 on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was washing a boat when they fell from the boat to the ground. The employee sustained a compression fracture to a vertebra.
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