Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES INC, 150 Middle St, LAKE MARY, FLORIDA 32746
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was taking boxes out to a dumpster when she tripped on a stick on the pavement and fell onto her right side. The employee suffered a fractured right hip and a sprain to the right wrist and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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