Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, 2001 Blake Street, DENVER, COLORADO 80205
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee tripped over a chair leg in a pre-game meeting, fell, and sustained a fractured hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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