Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc., 7727 Lake Underhill Rd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32822
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee slipped and fell on the wet floor that was being cleaned while running to attend to a patient. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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