Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at University of Rochester, 180 Sawgrass Drive, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14620
on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was returning from the sink between two operating rooms. As she was entering a room she slipped and fell on the floor sustaining two fractures to her pelvis and a fractured left elbow.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Floor, unspecified
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