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 Strates Shows Inc., 441 Paul Russell Road, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee was dismantling a carnival ride when they fell 15 feet to the ground, striking a trash can and resulting in a fractured face and a spleen rupture.
Hospitalized Head and trunk Source, secondary source unspecified
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