Fall on same level due to slipping · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Frost Valley YMCA, 2000 Frost Valley Road, CLARYVILLE, NEW YORK 12725
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was participating in an evening program with a group of adventure campers when he slipped on wet grass and fell backward, hitting the back of his head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.
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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