Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts, Inc., Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA 32899
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
The employee was traveling through the shop area in the dark to turn on the lights when she tripped over a lawnmower and fractured her left ankle.
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