Fall on same level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Quest Diagnostics, 2685 SW 32nd St., OCALA, FLORIDA 34471
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
After prepping a patient's blood sample, an employee was walking toward the waiting room to call another patient when she fell on the floor and could not get up. She was hospitalized with a shoulder injury.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Floor, unspecified
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