Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pathology Group of Louisiana, APMC, 5339 O'Donovan Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70808
on — Fractures, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking out the back door from the break room when she slipped on icy concrete and fell, hitting her right elbow on the ground. The fall caused a break in her upper arm that required surgery and hospitalization.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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