WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA·2022-02-05

Geisinger Medical Center

Fall on same level due to slipping · Fractures

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Geisinger Medical Center, 1000 East Mountain Blvd., WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA 18702 on 2022-02-05, Fractures, affecting the hip(s).

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Final narrative

On February 5, 2022, at 11:45 p.m., an employee was cleaning ice from his vehicle in the parking lot. The employee slipped and fell on ice between two vehicles, resulting in a fractured hip that required hospitalization.

Hospitalized Hip(s) Parking lot, unspecified

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