Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TGH, 882 - Primary Care, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33606
on — Fractures, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to de-escalate a psych/combative patient when the employee tripped over a rover and fell to the ground, striking the left hip and fracturing the left foot.
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