Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kroger - Dillons Stores Division, 10222 W. 21st, WICHITA, KANSAS 67205
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was attempting to stop a shoplifter who was pushing a cart of stolen merchandise out of the store. The employee's foot got caught in the cart and the employee fell fracturing his left foot.
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