Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Enterprise Precast Concrete, 4801 Harry Hines Blvd, DALLAS, TEXAS 75390
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s) and knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was patching precast concrete. He fell from a concrete wall support to the ground due to wind. He was hospitalized with fractures to his left ankle and right knee.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) and knee(s) Source, secondary source unspecified
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