Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caregivers, Inc. dba TLC Caregivers, 3880 Bayou Blvd., PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32503
on — Fractures, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was assisting a client in their home when she lost her footing and fell, fracturing two discs in her back. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedFloor, unspecified
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