Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohl's Department Store, 4224 Center Place Dr., GREELEY, COLORADO 80634
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a carpeted sales floor when the employee fell to the floor and fractured the left femur.
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