Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Securitas Security Services USA, 2001 State Rd, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17601
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Curbs
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