Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GURWIN JEWISH GERIATRIC FOUNDATION, INC., 68 Hauppauge Road , COMMACK, NEW YORK 11725
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee suffered a back injury after attempting to prevent a patient from falling.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedPatient
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