Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1300 Constitution Avenue, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20560
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping a colleague sort rare books on a table in a library vault. A book started to slip out of it's slip-box. He reached out to catch the book, but lost his balance and fell backward onto the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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