Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, 27932 Walker South Rd, WALKER, LOUISIANA 70785
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a bucket in a kitchen area. The employee slipped on the wet floor and suffered a broken lower spine. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Other constructed surface
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