LUBBOCK, TEXAS—
Professional Flooring Supply
Other fall to lower level unspecified · Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
Final narrative
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
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