Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at El Dorado Paper Bag Mfg. Co., Inc., 204 Prescolite Dr., EL DORADO, ARKANSAS 71730
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a lunch box to a break room. She tripped on a spot of dried glue on the floor and fell, injuring her right hip and lower back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was walking down the metal stairs from the palletizing room when he fell backward onto the steps. He sustained two left rib fractures that required hospitalization.
An employee was removing T-posts from the ground when he tripped and fell on his left arm, resulting in an elbow fracture that required hospitalization.
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An employee fell to the floor when her shoelace was caught on a drawer near her desk. The employee was hospitalized; she sustained a non-displaced femoral neck injury.
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