Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, 88 Pine St., NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was getting up from a chair at a lunch room table when he tripped on the chair, lost his balance, and fell, fracturing his right hip.
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