Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camber Children's Mental Health Hays, 3000 New Way Boulevard, HAYS, KANSAS 67601
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped on a wet floor and fell, sustaining a back injury.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Other constructed surface
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