Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Umpqua Indian Development Corporation, 146 CHIEF MIWALETA LANE, CANYONVILLE, OREGON 97417
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
Employees were evacuated due to a false alarm. As an employee was waiting to return to the building, they took a step back and tripped over a parking block. The employee fell and sustained a right arm abrasion and hip fracture.
An employee arrived at work and was walking into the store through the parking lot. The employee tripped over a curb and fell to the ground, sustaining a femur fracture.
An employee was checking credentials for vehicles entering an area. While approaching a vehicle that had failed to stop as instructed, the employee lost his balance and fell backward, landing on his back. The car struck him, and he suffered a tailbone fracture and a kidney injury.
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