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 Blattner Energy, LLC, 6960 Shaw Rd, ROGERS, TEXAS 76569
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was testing pile depth and installing L-brackets. He tripped and fell headfirst into a piling (a metal I-beam driven into the ground to support solar panels) while carrying a 60-pound magnetic drill. He was wearing a hardhat and sustained back pain and hip pain.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Ground, travel, and support surfaces unspecified
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