Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Erie VA Medical Center, 135 East 38th Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16504
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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