Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND 02903
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee and a security guard were trying to get an upset patient out of a locked room. Once the patient was out of the locked room, the employee and the security guard attempted to physically move the patient onto a bed when both the patient and the security guard fell onto the employee, fracturing her tibial plateau.
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