Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cal-Tronics Systems Inc, 3201 S. Millard, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60623
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking through a parking lot to his car while servicing a customer when he slipped and fell on ice, resulting in a fractures to their elbow and knee.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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