LOVELAND, COLORADO—
Hooper Corporation
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hooper Corporation, 5604 McKinley Ave, LOVELAND, COLORADO 80538 on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trimming tree branches at a client property. The employee was climbing the tree when they fell 10 feet to the ground, suffering fractured vertebrae.
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