Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Club Demonstration Services, Inc., 2900 Patriot Boulevard, GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS 60026
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on break when she tripped over a trash can and fell fracturing her right hip.
The injured employee went to retrieve additional supplies for the sample carts or to check the sample cart status. As she was walking to the various carts positioned throughout the store, a customer backed out of an aisle and impacted her, knocking her off balance and causing her to land on her hip on the concrete floor. The employee sustained a right hip fracture.
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