Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Day & Zimmermann, 12090 FM521, BAY CITY, TEXAS 77414
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a junior I-beam about 4 feet long and 6 inches tall that was installed for circulating water valves and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken right-side rib.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other constructed surface
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