Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence, Ave SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20250
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a corridor when she tripped and fell on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to her left shoulder and left ribs, and she sustained an injury to her left elbow.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Other constructed surface
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