Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Walmart Supercenter, 3306 North University Drive, SUNRISE, FLORIDA 33351
on — Fractures , affecting the Other multiple ear(s), facial locations.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up trash in the parking lot when he tripped over a concrete parking block and fell, striking his face on the ground. He sustained fractures to his orbital and maxillary bones.
Hospitalized Other multiple ear(s), facial locations Other constructed surface
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