Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Concussions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Edward Hospital, 801 S. Washington, NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60564
on — Concussions, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
On February 9, 2019, an employee received multiple concussions after tripping over a chair and falling at the nurse station. The employee struck her head on the coat/shoe rack.
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A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
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