Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Supercenter #746, 3401 South 31st Street, TEMPLE, TEXAS 76502
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the lower extremities, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was at a register checking out customers. The employee scanned toilet paper and proceeded to grab the hand-held scanner. The employee was walking around the bag carousel to the customer's cart when the employee's foot was caught on the corner of the fixed carousel. The employee tripped, lost balance, and fell to the ground, suffering a lower body fracture and muscle tears.
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