Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services, 105 East Washington Street, ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 17022
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
While letting a client into the building, an employee caught her foot on an entry mat and fell, landing on her back and resulting in a cracked vertebra.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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