Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pennsylvania Coach Lines, 700 McKeesport Road, ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA 15037
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped on the lip of a concrete pad near the rear entrance of a bus garage. The employee fell to the concrete, suffering a knee injury.
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An employee was walking on the sidewalk toward the front entrance of the building to start her work shift. She tripped over uneven pavement and fell onto the concrete sidewalk. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip and a sprained left knee.
An employee was leaving for lunch. The wheel of her knee scooter struck a divot in the floor which caused her to fall into a metal rack. The employee sustained a broken right shoulder.
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