Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Johnson & Wales University, 183 Pine Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02903
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Curbs
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