AUSTIN, TEXAS—
Pena's Concrete & Demolition, Inc.
Fall through surface or existing opening 21 to 25 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee was on the third floor of a structure, crossing an area to get to a staircase. The employee fell through an opening in the floor, hitting the concrete floor one level down and then falling to the concrete floor on the first level. The employee suffered injuries to the right foot and a vertebra in the back.
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