Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Life Cycle Engineering , Naval Business Center, The Commandant's Building, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19112
on — Fractures, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was walking down the steps between the second and third floor, missed a step and fell. The employee hit his head during the fall down the stairs and again at the bottom of the stairs against the marble baseboard. He briefly lost consciousness while waiting for the paramedics. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured vertebra in his neck and a laceration on his forehead.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersStairs, steps-indoors
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