Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified · Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Durham School Services, 2009 Seymour Hwy, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS 76301
on — Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions , affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
An employee was stepping from a gravel parking lot onto a cement-paved sidewalk. She tripped and fell, suffering a concussion, a broken nose, and injured vertebrae. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple head locationsParking lot-unpaved
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