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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2022119619 · 11/2/2022 · New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Stairs, steps-indoors
Secondary source
Stairs, steps-indoors

Employer

Name
New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Location
630 West 168th Street, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10032
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a broom to sweep the stairs in a stairwell. She fell from the second-to-last step onto the landing about 14 inches below, suffering a head laceration, an injury to her right thumb that required stitches, and a left knee injury.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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