Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Twin City Fan & Blower Company, 101 Sunrise Ridge Road South, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57006
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped on a pallet while moving a trash can. The employee fell to the concrete floor, suffering an oblique fracture of the left femur.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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