Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CHC Consulting, LLC, 7259 Tulane Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63130
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was fielding (visual inspection of telecommunications components) a pole in the rear casement of a home when she tripped over and fell on a vine. She felt pain in her right arm, right shoulder, and chest. She was hospitalized overnight with broken ribs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersGround, n.e.c.
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