Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Center For Developmental Disabilities, Inc., 72 South Woods Road, WOODBURY, NEW YORK 11797
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Head unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell during a fire drill. The employee's head struck the floor and they sustained bleeding from their head. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Head unspecified Other constructed surface
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