GARLAND, TEXAS—
General Dynamics Ordnance And Tactical Systems, Inc.
Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was changing an insert in the tool head of a CNC machine. The employee had stepped up approximately 28 inches onto the door track of the machine. When the employee went to step back down to the floor, they lost balance and fell backward onto a rack of metal parts. The employee sustained a compression fracture to the spine.
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