Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, PO Box 4, SHIPPINGPORT, PENNSYLVANIA 15077
on — Fractures, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
While walking to the trash hopper, an employee stepped over a permanent pipe running along the ground. The employee's foot became caught on the pipe, and the employee stumbled and contacted the trash hopper support frame, breaking the left arm and requiring surgery.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedGround, n.e.c.
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