PARKER, COLORADO—
Garcia Construction Corp
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Garcia Construction Corp, 11085 Pine Drive, PARKER, COLORADO 80138 on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
A subcontractor employee on a construction site was cleaning a unit. They were taking trash from the middle room when they fell through a door opening and landed approximately 25 feet below on a concrete pad. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to their shoulders and right side ribs.
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