Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quest Diagnostics, 300 N. Third Street, LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75601
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up specimens at a client location when they fell down the steps, sustaining fractures to the kneecap, femur, and teeth, as well as a head injury and brain hemorrhaging.
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