Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at New Albertsons Inc. dba Jewel-Osco, 150 E Pierce Rd Suite 400, ITASCA, ILLINOIS 60143
on — Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture , affecting the Brain.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing shopping carts in the parking lot when he tripped/slipped and fell, striking his head on the cart or the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.
Hospitalized Brain Other constructed surface
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