Walking, without other incident-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kirklands Stores Inc., 2864 Chapel Hill Road, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA 30135
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a step stool to refresh a kitchen display. After stepping off the step stool, he began walking, felt a pop in his right leg, and experienced leg pain. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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