Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rumpke Transportation Company, LLC., 3131 East Royalton Rd., BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO 44147
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to his company truck from a maintenance shop when he slipped on ice and fell, resulting in a fractured left femur at the hip joint.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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