Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Medicalodges, Inc., 2921 West 1st Street, COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS 67337
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was taking the trash out of the east exit when she and tripped and fell on the sidewalk, landing on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her right shoulder, a rib, and her right hip.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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