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 SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc., 3105 Arnold Ave., SALINA, KANSAS 67401
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip(s) and knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking around a table in the topping department when she slipped and fell to the concrete floor. The employee sustained injuries to her left hip and knee and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Hip(s) and knee(s) Other constructed surface
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