Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Corizon Health, Inc., 500 Reformatory Street, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS 67501
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a wet cement sidewalk from the hall gate to the clinic about 50 yards away when he lost footing, fell in front of the maintenance building, and fractured his right femur.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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