Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Foot Locker, Inc, 2210 University Square Mall, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33612
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a ladder to retrieve a box of shoes off a shelf when she fell from the ladder and her fight foot and ankle hit the shelf, resulting in a fractured ankle.
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