Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Continental Glass Systems, LLC, 325 WEST 74TH PLACE, HIALEAH, FLORIDA 33014
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was throwing trash into a dumpster while he was inside a cage on a forklift. The employee lost his balance and fell 3 feet to the concrete ground. The employee sustained fractured vertebrae and a scrape on their left elbow.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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