WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA—
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was standing at the box making machine's manual conveyor. The employee's foot got caught on the fixed leg of the conveyor. The employee's knee then buckled and she fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right patella and a fractured left humerus.
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