Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, 1364 CLIFTON RD, NE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30322
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.
Hospitalized Hip joint(s) Other constructed surface
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