Fall on same level due to slipping · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at 5 STAR CAR RENTAL, INC. dba Avis Rent A Car, 4550 Terminal Road. Suite. 107, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57703
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was walking across an icy parking lot before the start of her 8:00 a.m. work shift. She slipped and fell, hitting her head and suffering a skull fracture near the left ear and internal bleeding (along with dizziness, nausea, and memory loss). She was hospitalized.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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