Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 300 Market Street, SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY 07663
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee fell from an A frame ladder and suffered a right leg injury requiring surgery.
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