Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saks 5th Ave. Off 5th, 2950 West Intersate 20, Suite 125, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75052
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee returning from lunch walked into the store with wet feet and slipped and fell backwards. She fell onto her right leg, but did not hit her head.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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