Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SoLo Interiors & Painting LLC, 2800 Telecom Pkwy, RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75082
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Head unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working from a mobile scaffold while touching up a ceiling when one of the wheels fell into a hole in the floor, causing it to tip over. The employee fell from the scaffold to the floor below. The employee hit the back of his head on the floor, resulting in head injuries.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Self-supporting scaffolds or staging
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