Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sora Partners Inc., 15425 Old Town Drive, Suite 116, PARKVILLE, MISSOURI 64152
on — Fractures , affecting the Back thoracic region.
Final narrative
An employee was halfway up a ladder removing ceiling tiles to run data cables. They fell from the ladder to the floor and sustained a compression fracture to their T12 vertebra.
Hospitalized Back thoracic region Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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