Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TIAA Bank, 1399 Stewartstown Rd, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA 26505
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a bathmat and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a spiral fracture to his right leg requiring hospitalization.
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