Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gestamp, 3100 MacCorkle Avenue Southwest, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25303
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a pallet while walking between two assembly cells, hit a pole, and fell to the ground, breaking their left hip. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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