Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kohl's, 189 Bosley Parkway, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 26101
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the forehead.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to the back of a store when she tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in a laceration to her forehead and pain in her wrist. She was hospitalized.
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