LAWRENCE, KANSAS—
PetSmart
Fall on same level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at PetSmart, 2727 Iowa Street, LAWRENCE, KANSAS 66046 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
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