Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quad/Graphics Marketing, LLC, 80 Stemmers Lane, WESTAMPTON, NEW JERSEY 08060
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee had been loading laminated cards into an inserter machine. She walked by a skid to grab product and her foot got caught on loose shrink wrap from the skid causing her to fall onto the concrete and break her right leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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