Walking, without other incident-single episode · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sams Club, 3010 Larue St., GARDEN CITY, KANSAS 67846
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee had just finished repurposing chickens on a white tray that was sitting on the right side of a scale. He was moving the tray and stepping from the right to the left side of the scale when he twisted his left foot, heard a pop, and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken bone under his kneecap.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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