Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Greetings Corporation, 4000 S. Bolger Road, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64050
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was moving trash to a dumpster staged in the parking lot. The employee's foot got tangled in discarded wire and they tripped and fell on the ground, sustaining a broken leg.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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