Fall on same level due to slipping · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Woodmark Corporation, 587 Robert C Byrd Industrial Park Road, MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA 26836
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working in her designated area pulling parts when she slipped and fell to the floor, striking her left knee and forehead. She was hospitalized for her injuries.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Floor, n.e.c.
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