Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation, 800 Garfield Ave., PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 26102
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking from one medical building to another when they tripped on a parking barrier and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left middle and ring fingers.
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