Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Children's Hospital, 1919 Braeswood, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
The employee was walking from her desk to the copy room, tripped over another employee's foot, and fell fracturing her hip.
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An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.