Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Health Group, 10770 Briarwood Ave, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell and rolled her hip on a curb outside the building. Her hip broke and required hospitalization.
An employee was in the parking garage walking towards the building when he was hit by a car entering the garage. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured leg.
A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.
An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.
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