Multiple types of bodily position and motion · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 1131 Chapel Crossing Road, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31524
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was performing high dynamic movements while training. As he moved from kneeling to the next position, he suffered femoral neck fracture.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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