Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Noah W. Kreider and Sons, LLP, 1461 LANCASTER ROAD, MANHEIM, PENNSYLVANIA 17545
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee reached the bottom landing of a staircase when they turned and fell, resulting in a broken tibia just above the ankle.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Other constructed surface
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