ITHACA, NEW YORK—2017-03-09

Cornell University

Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, n.e.c.

Final narrative

An employee experienced spinal separation after stepping down an approximately 8-inch step.

Hospitalized Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

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