Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Florida Workshop Warehouses, Inc., 8058 118th Avenue North, LARGO, FLORIDA 33773
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder leaned against a wall. They fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the left pelvis area and a cut to the right hand and index finger that required five stitches.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Step ladders
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