Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Case and Associates, 701 West 101st Place South, JENKS, OKLAHOMA 74037
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped on an icy landing and fell, suffering an injury to the right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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