Other fall to lower level unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Midwest Medical Transport, 10500 Montgomery Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45242
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was walking along a retainer wall. The employee fell from the wall to the ground, suffering a broken L1 vertebra, a broken shoulder blade, and a lacerated spleen.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Retaining wall
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