Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Publix Supermarkets Inc., 16024 Pines Boulevard, PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA 33027
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was climbing a 10-foot fixed ladder while carrying a small box in one hand. The employee fell from the seventh step to the floor of the back room and sustained a right ankle fracture.
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