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 Cheetah Chassis Corporation, 3rd & Oak Sts, BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA 18603
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was walking through his department between two trailers to retrieve tools. The employee tripped and fell over a cable that is on a winch to remove trailers from the paint booth. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a hip injury.
HospitalizedHip(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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