Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OCEAN PROPERTIES & MANAGEMENT, INC., 3506 S ATLANTIC AVE, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA 32169
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a parking lot when they fell to the asphalt, resulting in fractures to their wrist, arm, and pelvis.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Other constructed surface
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