Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Keystone Area, 571 Hepburn Road, Suite 2A, AVONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA 19311
on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On November 5, 2019, at 2:07 PM, an employee was walking between a tote container filled with empty hangers on the floor and a Z-rack. As she turned the corner, she tripped over the base of the Z-rack and her face struck the base of the Z-rack bar. She sustained a compound fracture to her left arm and a right wrist fracture, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedWrist(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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