Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc., 425 Meadow St., CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS 01013
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking around the waste hampers to size up the load for a forklift, tripped over metal equipment on the floor, and fell breaking bones in his leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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