Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kmart Corporation , 1180 Walnut Bottom Road , CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17013
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pulling merchandise and placing it on a cart. She stepped on a pallet to stack more merchandise on the cart and twisted her right ankle as she turned around and was coming off the pallet.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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