Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive , HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA 17033
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the elbow(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking in the parking garage and fell down the stairs resulting in an elbow injury that required surgery.
HospitalizedElbow(s)Stairs, steps-indoors
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