Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tidewell Hospice, 919 N. Arcadia Ave., ARCADIA, FLORIDA 34266
on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was walking to her car in the parking lot, tripped on a drainage bib in the parking lot, and fell fracturing the right shoulder. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Parking lot, unspecified
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