Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United States Air Force (USAF) Eglin AFB, 100 Museum Dr., EGLIN AFB, FLORIDA 32542
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
An employee was watching as a delivery driver was getting a pallet through the back door. The employee moved passed the door and tripped over a block of concrete that was being used to hold the door open. She stumbled forward and hit the top of her head against the exterior of the building, resulting in a C5 vertebra fracture.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Other constructed surface
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