Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Southwark Metal Manufacturing Co., 2800 Red Lion Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19114
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
While walking to the lobby, an employee slipped and fell on a wet tile floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured kneecap.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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