Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Phoenix 32nd St VA Clinic, 400 North 32nd Street, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85008
on — Fractures, affecting the head and neck.
Final narrative
An employee fell down a flight of stairs. The employee briefly lost consciousness and sustained lacerations and a broken C4 vertebra, nose, cheekbone, and orbital socket.
HospitalizedHead and neckStairs, steps, unspecified
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