OMAHA, NEBRASKA—
First Student, Inc.
Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels · Fractures
Final narrative
An employee was exiting the school bus via the service door steps into the employee parking lot. They stepped on several pieces of broken asphalt, lost their footing, and fell to the paved parking lot. Their left arm went in between the tire and the body of the vehicle as they fell to the ground. They sustained a broken left hip that required surgery.
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