Fall on same level due to tripping over self · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hancock Whitney Bank, 555 Dowlen Rd., BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77706
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking around a teller station when she tripped and fell, suffering injuries to her right knee.
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