Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BrightView Landscape, 645 Compton Street, BROOMFIELD, COLORADO 80020
on — Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee developed severe right thigh pain after stepping off a stand-on snow removal machine. He was hospitalized, having suffered a possible tendon injury on the thigh.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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