Trip from stepping into a hole without fall · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ION Field Services, Targa Resources-Gas Plant, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA 58854
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee's foot turned in a rut in the ground, and the employee's ankle was broken.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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