Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Export Packaging Co., Inc., 525 10th Avenue East, MILAN, ILLINOIS 61264
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee walking in the south parking lot tripped on a concrete parking block and sustained a right shoulder injury.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Parking lot, unspecified
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