DESOTO, TEXAS—
J&E Companies
Fall to lower level unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at J&E Companies, 1129 Uhl Road, DESOTO, TEXAS 75115 on — Fractures , affecting the Wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on a scaffold installing a frame. He fell from the scaffold to the ground and sustained a fractured left wrist and bruises between his legs that were caused by his harness.
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