Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sanofi Pasteur, 1 Discovery Dr, SWIFTWATER, PENNSYLVANIA 18370
on — Fractures, affecting the nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking from a building to the parking lot. The employee was walking up paver steps, tripped on a loose paver, and fell on the steps. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured nose, a laceration above the right eye, and pain in the neck, back and left knee.
HospitalizedNose, except internal location of diseases or disordersStairs, steps-outdoors
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