Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A Caring Doctor, 8278 Agora Parkway, SELMA, TEXAS 78154
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee's foot hit a shredding recycling bin as she walked. She fell on her right knee, injuring it.
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A client arrived for an appointment and was getting out of their car when their cat carrier broke and their cat went under the car and into the engine area. The injured employee was able to scruff the cat and started to pull it out. The cat scratched and bit the employee's hands. One wound was close to a knuckle and immediately started to swell. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
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