Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Laboratory Corporation of America, 17198 St. Luke's Way, CONROE, TEXAS 77384
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on the wet pavement in the parking lot and fell, breaking her right hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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