EVERGREEN, COLORADO—
St. Anthony Hospital
Trip over an object without fall · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was undergoing wilderness training near a mountain. He was walking down a path, acting as a carrier during a four-point stretcher lift of another employee, when his foot caught on a rock and twisted. He suffered spiral fractures to the right tibia and fibula.
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