Fall, slip, trip unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wayfair, 1270 NE 48th Street, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA 33064
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was loading merchandise into a truck when their right foot stepped on a 4-way dolly, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground, hitting their chin on the sideboard. The employee was hospitalized for injury to their spine.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Source, secondary source unspecified
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