Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GDI Security Services, 1000 Valentine Pkwy, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA 30567
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was working in a security office and saw a bug climbing on the glass of the window between the lobby and the security office. She took a fly swatter and went inside the lobby and swatted the bug. The bug flew toward her and caused her to turn and fall backward on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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