Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Temple University Hospital, 3401 North Board Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19140
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee turned around and tripped over a vital signs monitor that was behind her, fracturing her right leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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