Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Waste Management of Colorado, Inc, 19563 E. Main St., PARKER, COLORADO 80134
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to an enclosure to collect the trash that was in it. While walking, he slipped and fell on the ice and snow. When he landed on the paved parking lot surface, he fractured his patella and severed some tendons, requiring surgery.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Parking lot-paved
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