Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Airport Express Shuttle, Inc., Rapid City Regional Airport, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57703
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was dropping off customers at the airport when they tripped on a curb and sustained a fractured hip.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
An employee was dropping customers off with a shuttle. He stepped out of the shuttle and his foot entered a pothole, causing him to twist his ankle and then fall to the ground. The employee sustained multiple dislocations to the ankle requiring surgery.
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