Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Kroger Co., 7 Diamond Causway Drive, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31407
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was running to stop a shopping cart that that was rolling toward parked vehicles. She fell to the concrete/asphalt ground, suffering a broken jaw and shoulder.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Parking lot-paved
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