Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Comcast of Connecticut, 765 Old Jewett City Road, PRESTON, CONNECTICUT 06365
on — Fractures , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking across a customer's driveway when he slipped on ice and fell to the ground, landing on his right leg. The leg was fractured.
Hospitalized Leg(s) unspecified Other constructed surface
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