BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS—
UPS
Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at UPS, 40 Cottage Street, BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS 02445 on — Fractures , affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was making a delivery to a residence when he tripped on a rock while climbing over a rock wall and fell into the rock wall. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle.
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