Trip on uneven surface without fall · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Intertek, 3815 116th Avenue SW, DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA 58601
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee suffered a knee injury when he tripped through a doorway at or near 3815 116th Avenue SW in Dickinson, North Dakota.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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