Trip over an object without fall · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohls Department Store, 3601 Hempstead Tpke, LEVITTOWN, NEW YORK 11756
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was walking and tripped over a clothing bin causing her knee to pop.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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