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 Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, 409 Washington Avenue, NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT 06473
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was setting up her work area when she tripped over the handle of a pallet jack and fell, striking her upper back. The employee sustained a back injury.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Other constructed surface
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