Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cooper University Health Care, ONE COOPER PLAZA, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 08103
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was walking, slipped on liquid on the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a right shoulder dislocation and a closed fracture of the head of their right humerus.
Hospitalized Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) Other constructed surface
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