Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, 1201 South Grand Boulevard, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63104
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee was walking toward the facility from her car in the parking lot. As she went to pull the door open, she slipped on a patch of ice and fell. The employee sustained fractured ribs.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other constructed surface
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