Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DDS Lab, 5440 Beaumont Center Blvd, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33634
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hip(s) and leg(s) .
Final narrative
An employee was carrying plastic boxes and tripped over a purse that was on the floor. She sustained an injury to femur and hip that required surgery and hospitalization.
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 found unconscious and unresponsive, lying at the foot of the third floor stairs. It is believed that he fell. He was hospitalized with a head injury.
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An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.
An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.