BROOKLYN, NEW YORK—
NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn
Other fall to lower level unspecified · Bruises, contusions
Final narrative
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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