Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT, 1000 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS PLAZA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32819
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading her car in the parking lot when she fell to the ground and fractured her left hip.
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