Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at CORT Business Services Corporation, 1441 Broadway, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10018
on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was securing large tables that were leaning against the wall in a box truck when the tables fell toward the employee. The employee was pinned to the floor by the tables and sustained a broken right ankle, a contusion to the left ankle, and lacerations to their shins. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
Hospitalized Ankle(s) Tables, desks, work surfaces
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