Sitting, sitting down-repetitive or prolonged · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wells Fargo, 2324 Overland Ave., BILLINGS, MONTANA 59102
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
Prolonged sitting lead to a blood clot in an employee's right leg that moved into his lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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