Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Night and Day Construction Inc., 9 Harborage Isle Drive, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33316
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
Employee 1 was lifting a bundle of rebar from a flatbed when the bundle fell onto employee 2's right ankle, resulting in a fracture.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Bundles, bales
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