Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fabian Couture Group, LLC, 640 Darling Drive Suite 100, VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS 60061
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking backward with a manual pallet jack. The pallet jack got caught on a parked forklift, causing the employee to fall to the ground and break their right hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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