Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Crossmark, Inc., Gulfside Hospice Thrift Shoppe Hudson, BAYONET POINT, FLORIDA 34667
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee tripped on a plexiglass display and fell over it, landing on the floor and suffering seven broken left-side ribs as well as a contusion to the left hand.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersFloor, n.e.c.
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