Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Target Corporation, 601 N West End Blvd., QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18951
on — Fractures , affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder working to adjust a camera system around the ceiling tile. The ladder buckled and the employee fell to the floor, sustaining a laceration to his head and a compression fracture to his lower back. The employee was hospitalized and required staples for the laceration.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
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