Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at First Student, Inc., 315 New River Rd, MANVILLE, RHODE ISLAND 02838
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was helping a child off a bus. The child ran away, pulling on the employee and causing her to fall to the ground. She suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStudent
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An employee was exiting the school bus via the service door steps into the employee parking lot. They stepped on several pieces of broken asphalt, lost their footing, and fell to the paved parking lot. Their left arm went in between the tire and the body of the vehicle as they fell to the ground. They sustained a broken left hip that required surgery.
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An employee finished her afternoon shift and was walking to her car on the gravel/dirt/grass walking surface. As she approached the exit gate, she tripped/stumbled and fell onto a nearby fence and the ground. The employee sustained fractures to collarbones or rotator cuffs on each side of her shoulder(s).
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