Fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Merakey Pennsylvania, 205 One Norwegian Plaza, POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17901
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
The employee was walking into the office building during heavy rain. They went to step onto the curb and fell backward, striking their head. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and left hip dislocation.
A nurse was visiting the home of a patient for requested treatment. She tripped on her gown while going up the steps to the property, falling and fracturing her left femur.
An employee was walking up an escalator that was out of service when they tripped on a step, fell, and suffered a closed fracture to the right femur as well as a dislocated right patella.
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