Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wayne Sanderson Farms, 2000 Shiloh Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS 77803
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was stepping down from an ergonomic stand for a machine. She lost her balance and fell backward, hitting the machine's metal frame and suffering a broken rib and a laceration to her liver.
Hospitalized Multiple trunk locations Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
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