Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Social Security Admininstration, 155-10 Jamaica Ave., JAMAICA, NEW YORK 11432
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was filing paperwork when she fell to the floor, suffering a broken hip and wrist and a forehead laceration.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Floor, unspecified
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