Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ADUSA Distribution, 4830 Hanoverville Rd, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA 18020
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was picking plastic debris off the floor. The employee tripped over a piece of the debris and suffered injuries to the head and her right side.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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