Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DaVita Inc., 100 Madison Avenue, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960
on — Fractures , affecting the Rib(s), oblique area.
Final narrative
An employee tripped on a gown and fell while working by the nursing station. The employee sustained a contusion to the right side of their head and right eye and fractured ribs on the right side. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Rib(s), oblique area Other constructed surface
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