Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cousin's Waterproofing LLC, 1717 Homewood Blvd, DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA 33445
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
Employees were at the trucks to leave for lunch. The injured employee was putting the cone back after the crew leader pulled the truck forward from the designated worker parking area. The injured employee then ran back to the truck. As he went to get in the truck, he said the upper thigh area of his leg was hurting. He laid on the ground outside the truck and crew leader could see a bump/bulge in the the injured employee's upper thigh area below his hip. The employee sustained a fractured femur and required surgery.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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