Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mitre Corporation , 202 Burlington Road , MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 02153
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Employee slipped on ice in the parking garage and fell injuring a leg.
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