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 Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 1055 Golf Rd, Schaumburg, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS 60173
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was assisting a customer when she tripped reaching for a cart and fell forward, landing on her left hip. She suffered a hip injury requiring hospitalization.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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