Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., 1968 Peachmont Rd., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a hospital parking lot. She stepped onto the sidewalk, which caught her flip-flop. She tripped and fell onto a nearby car, then rolled, her right hip striking the pavement. She was hospitalized with a broken right femoral neck requiring surgery.
An employee arrived at work for a monthly meeting. The employee entered an auditorium where latex balloons had been left from a previous event. Upon entering the room, the employee began experiencing a severe allergic reaction to the latex and respiratory distress, requiring hospitalization.
A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.
An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.
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