E Costa Plumbing LLC.
2025-08-29 · VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS, FLORIDA
Final narrative
Employees were working on a floor layout for future pipe installation. Plumbers were cleaning up the area. A piece of plywood was removed and an employee fell through a hole underneath it. He sustained fractures to the front of his head, a right side rib, and his left wrist. He also sustained lung contusions.
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