BROOKHAVEN, GEORGIA—
Allison-Smith Company LLC
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was descending a 6-foot platform ladder. He missed the bottom rung, landed on the edge of his right foot on the concrete floor, and broke his right ankle.
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