Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Consolidated Electrical Distributors, 1332 North 9th Street, STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 18360
on — Fractures , affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was plastic wrapping a pallet in the warehouse. The employee slipped on a plastic strap while walking backward and fell on the floor, resulting in a fractured L5 vertebra.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Other constructed surface
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