Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cranesville Block Co. Inc., 186 Norman St, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14613
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the garage and stepped on a mechanic's creeper. His feet went out from under him and he fell, sustaining a fractured right femur.
Hospitalized Thigh(s) Other constructed surface
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