Fall while sitting · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Naval Air Station Fallon, 4755 Pasture Road, FALLON, NEVADA 89496
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the coccygeal region.
Final narrative
An employee was in the process of sitting in an office chair with rollers when he stepped on one of the wheels, causing the chair to roll out from under him. He then fell on and injured his tailbone.
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