Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Newspapers of New England, 77 Merrimack St, PENACOOK, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03303
on — Fractures and other injuries, unspecified, affecting the head and trunk.
Final narrative
An employee stepped off a six-inch platform and fell to the ground injuring her head and fracturing a hip. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHead and trunkScaffolds-staging, unspecified
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