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 Health Care Services Group Inc, 117 Jacob-Parrot Blvd., KENTON, OHIO 43326
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
On April 16, 2020, an employee was walking when she tripped over broken down cardboard boxes and fell to the ground, injuring her shoulder. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Floor, n.e.c.
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