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 El Paso Community College, 100 W. Rio Grande, EL PASO, TEXAS 79902
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee went into her office, retrieved something, and was leaving to go to a meeting. She tripped on the carpet, fell over her carrying case, and hurt her right side, back and leg. She was admitted to the hospital for surgery on her leg.
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