Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medical Solutions, LLC, 1010 North 102nd Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68114
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking to their vehicle in the parking lot when they slipped and fell in the snow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right leg that required surgery to repair.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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