Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sanford Medical Center Fargo, 5225 23rd Avenue South, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 58104
on — Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions , affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a parking lot when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground. He suffered a concussion and a fracture to the upper jaw, and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple head locationsParking lot, unspecified
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