Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lion Country Safari, 2003 Lion Country Safari Road, LOXAHATCHEE, FLORIDA 33470
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was escorting campers to their campsite. While walking toward a golf cart, the employee tripped over a landscape timber and fell. The employee sustained a laceration to the right side of the head, a fractured right hip and two fractured fingers.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
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