Fall on same level due to slipping · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Toshiba Business Solutions Colorado, 1873 South Bell Aire Street, DENVER, COLORADO 80222
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was delivering a copy machine when he slipped on ice, causing his head to strike the delivery vehicle and then the ground. The employee was hospitalized with bleeding around the brain.
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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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