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Hackettstown Regional Medical Center

Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center in HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY
Employer Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Report ID 2023021768
Address 651 Willow Grove St. City, State ZIP HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07840
Event Date February 24, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Hip(s)
Event Type Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. Source of Injury Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Desks
Industry (NAICS) 622110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.86000, -74.81000

Incident Narrative

An employee fell to the floor when her shoelace was caught on a drawer near her desk. The employee was hospitalized; she sustained a non-displaced femoral neck injury.

Incident Summary

On February 24, 2023, a worker at Hackettstown Regional Medical Center in HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the hip(s). The incident was classified as fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c., with floor, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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