Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., 4242 Lakeland Park Drive, LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33809
on — Fractures , affecting the Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the retail store when they tripped over a display rack and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left shoulder, left elbow, and left wrist.
Hospitalized Multiple upper extremities locations n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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