Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Martin-Brower Company, LLC, 600 Richmond Ave, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working inside his trailer. As he began maneuvering a pallet jack under a plastic bun tray, he went to take a step to the right and his right foot slipped off the floor of the trailer. The employee fell to the ground and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Vehicle trailers, trailing units
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