Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal Security, 11 West 33rd Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16508
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee was walking when they slipped on ice/gravel on the driveway and fell, sustaining five rib fractures and a spinal injury.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Constructed surface irregularity
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