Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, 1425 EDEN ROAD, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17402
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to their vehicle in the parking lot after their shift. While scraping ice from their windshield, the employee slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a fractured right hip.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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