Contact with other person, equipment during sports or physical training · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KVC Behavioral Health, 330 North Gore Avenue, WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI 63119
on — Fractures , affecting the Lower leg(s).
Final narrative
The injured employee was completing safety crisis management training. During a practice hold, she went from standing to kneeling, misstepped, and fell with her trainer to the ground. The trainer landed on the injured employee's leg, fracturing her right fibula. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Hospitalized Lower leg(s) Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker unspecified
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