Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ShopRite of Berlin, Route 73 at Minck Ave, WEST BERLIN, NEW JERSEY 08091
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was returning from break and walking past the meat department. She tripped on a stack of deck pans (that had been removed from meat case), causing them to fall. She then slipped on one of the pans and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her left shoulder, left arm, and a hip.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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