Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Progressive Insurance, 1 Executive Blvd. Floor 2, YONKERS, NEW YORK 10701
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee got dizzy while walking and fell, striking her head against the wall and suffering two fractures to her left foot.
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