Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Generations Home Health, 3549 Curry lane Apt 2807, ABILENE, TEXAS 79606
on — Fractures, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking upstairs to a patient's apartment when they missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained rib fractures.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersStairs, steps-indoors
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