Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sherwin-Williams Paint Store, 185 South Union Avenue, OZARK, ALABAMA 36360
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Head unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was retrieving a bucket of paint, tripped and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head injury.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Other constructed surface
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