Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United Healthcare - Clinical Services, street unknown, WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND 02886
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee working from home fell and broke her leg while getting up out of a chair. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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