HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Sunny Sky Products, LLC
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Sunny Sky Products, LLC, 11747 Windfern Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77064 on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
Final narrative
An employee fell approximately 10 feet from an elevated platform to the concrete floor. The employee sustained broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
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