Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Lee Aerospace Plant 5, 9413 E 34th Street N, WICHITA, KANSAS 67226
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee picked up material out of a cardboard box that was on the floor. As he was carrying the material, he stepped backward and tripped over the cardboard box, causing him to fall and suffer a compound fracture of his leg.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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