Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FirstService Residential, Inc., 1261 Gulf of Mexico Dr., LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA 34228
on — Fractures , affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was making copies at the copy machine. While walking away from the copy machine, her heel snagged on the carpet in the office and she fell. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.
Hospitalized Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) Other constructed surface
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