Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM/SUNBELT, INC., AdventHealth Celebration Hospital , CELEBRATION, FLORIDA 34747
on — Fractures, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was assisting in moving a patient in their bed when she lost balance and landed on her knee. The employee sustained a fractured right knee that required surgery.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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