Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olin-Winchester - Lake City Ammunition Plant, 25201 Missouri 78, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64056
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was setting up a portable hoist. The employee tripped over the hoist's extension leg, landed on the floor, and suffered a broken leg.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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