Running, without other incident-single episode · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Investigations Academy, 1 Range Rd, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA 22135
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While running a sprint, an employee broke a leg, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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