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 American Red Cross, 500 Forest Point Circle, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28273
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee fell in the parking lot as she was attempting to go up a step and both legs went out. The employee injured both legs and sustained a right elbow abrasion. The employee was admitted to the hospital.
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