Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Houston Methodist Hospital, 6560 Fannin, Ste. 450, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77030
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was standing on a step stool while applying a surgical dressing in the operating room. While stepping down, she stepped into a table-side bucket and fell, fracturing her left ankle. She was admitted and had surgery to repair her ankle.
HospitalizedAnkle(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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