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J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — OCALA, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. in OCALA, FLORIDA
Employer J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Report ID 2015041901
Address Store #1351, 3100 SW College Rd. City, State ZIP OCALA, FLORIDA 34474
Event Date April 10, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Knee(s)
Event Type Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source of Injury Chairs
Industry (NAICS) 448140 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.15000, -82.19000

Incident Narrative

An employee was standing on a chair to change the sign in the window area. She fell, sustaining a facial laceration and tearing something in her right knee.

Incident Summary

On April 10, 2015, a worker at J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. in OCALA, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the knee(s). The incident was classified as other fall to lower level less than 6 feet, with chairs identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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