Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Meadowview Health & Rehabilitation, 2203 East Mechanic Street, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI 64701
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee was carrying a bag of trash to a dumpster at the end of a parking lot when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee suffered fractures to ribs 1-4 on the left side.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other constructed surface
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