WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND—
United States Postal Service
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee had just walked through two double swinging doors to the mailroom. The employee attempted to cross a floor scale and tripped over the edge of the scale. She fell to the ground and as the double swinging doors swung back through, one of them struck her in the head and fractured her neck.
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