Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, 245 Boulder Ln, MINSTER, OHIO 45865
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped and fell to the pavement while stepping from a curb in a parking lot, suffering a knee injury. The employee was hospitalized.
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