LAKELAND, FLORIDA—
Mid-State Machine & Fabricating Corporation
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Mid-State Machine & Fabricating Corporation, 2730 Mine & Mill Rd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33801 on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed trailer. The employee fell off the back of the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fractured left collarbone and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
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