Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lincare Holdings, Inc., 11 Village Plaza, LIBERAL, KANSAS 67901
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking up the sidewalk to a patient's home on an uneven, cracked concrete surface. She stepped in a crack and fell, suffering an open fracture of the lower left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Sidewalk, path, or outdoor walkway irregularity
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