Other fall to lower level unspecified · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Professional Flooring Supply, 4319 Huron Ave b, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79407
on — Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels , affecting the Multiple internal chest locations.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
Hospitalized Multiple internal chest locations Loading docks, dock plates
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