Standing, standing up-single episode · Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at YRC WORLDWIDE, 3500 BOOTH AVENUE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64129
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c., affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was getting off a creeper, moving from lying to standing; the employee's knee twisted and the employee felt a pop. The employee had suffered a ruptured artery in the right knee/leg and was hospitalized the next day, undergoing surgery.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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