PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS—
Target
Other fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Target, 91 Taunton Street, PLAINVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02762 on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder and pulling items from a shelving unit when she fell to the concrete floor and landed on her back. The employee was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.
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