Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart 3406, 15220 Monfort Rd. , DALLAS, TEXAS 75248
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
Around 1:00 p.m. on 11/18/16, an employee was leaving the repackaging station when she tripped over a metal piece of the rolling warehouse steel. She fell on her right hip and was unable to get up and walk, requiring hospitalization.
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