Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Daikin Comfort Technologies North America, INC., 3100 N SH 161 Ste 800, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75050
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing on the forks of a forklift adjusting a pallet on a storage rack in the warehouse. The employee fell from the forklift, landing on the ground and suffering a broken femur.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
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