Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc., 380 Summerhill Road, SPOTSWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08884
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
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Final narrative
An employee retrieving refrigerated meat from the cooler tripped on a box/pallet corner and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a concussion and back pain and requiring hospitalization.
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