DALLAS, TEXAS—
Commercial Metals Company
Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
Final narrative
An employee fell forward as he stepped up from the dirt to a concrete pad. He hit a steel wall and suffered a dislocated right shoulder and a severe laceration on the right elbow.
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