Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation, 800 Garfield Avenue, PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 26101
on — Fractures , affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee walked into the breakroom and clocked into work. She then stepped backward, tripped, and fell backward. She struck her head on the wall and landed on her back on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture of her L3 vertebra.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Other constructed surface
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