Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Automotive Training Center, 114 Pickering Way, EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19341
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a tool box next to a step stool in a maintenance room closet. The employee suffered a broken left hip.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
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An employee was checking for air flow from an automobile's engine fan. The fan caught his left hand and lacerated his index, middle, ring, and little fingers, with a partial amputation of the little finger.
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