Trip from stepping into a hole without fall · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PNGI Charles Town Gaming LLC, PO Box 551, CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA 25414
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the knee(s) and leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee stepped into an indentation under the carpet while vacuuming and suffered a fractured right tibia and torn right meniscus.
HospitalizedKnee(s) and leg(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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