Fall on same level due to slipping · Bruises, contusions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Baron Investments LLC, 22958 East Smoky Hill Road, AURORA, COLORADO 80016
on — Bruises, contusions, affecting the pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee was scraping the windshield of the company work car when she slipped on the icy ground and fell, resulting in a pelvic contusion.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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