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 GPM Investments, LLC, 56 Enfield Street, ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06082
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking between cash registers when she tripped on a floor mat and fell, striking her left knee on the floor.
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