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 North Jersey Media Group Inc., 100 Commons Way, ROCKAWAY, NEW JERSEY 07866
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
While walking, an employee tripped and fell over the forks on a parked pallet jack, injuring the right leg/knee.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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