Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNITED METHODIST VILLAGE, INC., 1616 CEDAR ST, LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS 62439
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
On 4/10/15, an employee was walking up the steps to a public sidewalk. The employee tripped on a step and injured their knee, subsequently requiring surgery.
A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.
An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.
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