Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, 1145 Waldron Rd, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78418
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to transport product down a long hallway. He tripped on a pallet and fell, after which the pallet jack ran over his left foot. He suffered an open fracture to the foot that required surgery.
Hospitalized Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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