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 Niemann Foods, Inc. , 1501 N. 12TH ST., QUINCY, ILLINOIS 62305
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a cart in a grocery store when she tripped over a watermelon bin and fell to the floor, injuring her left shoulder and arm and requiring hospitalization.
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