Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WalMart Stores Inc., 915 Mills Drive, NORTH HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA 15642
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was stepping down from a powered floor scrubber and tripped, falling to the ground and sustaining a broken femur.
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