Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RP Management, 100 Park at Wyomissing, WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA 19610
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a dumpster from inside an apartment to the outside when he stumbled and his ankle was pinned between the curb and the dumpster. He suffered a broken left ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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