Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at WESTGATE ASSISTED LIVING, 3030 SOUTH 80TH STREET, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68107
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped while standing up from a chair, fell, and suffered a broken left hip.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was taking boxes out to a dumpster when she tripped on a stick on the pavement and fell onto her right side. The employee suffered a fractured right hip and a sprain to the right wrist and was hospitalized.
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