Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center, 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Dr, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35209
on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was rolling the chair she was sitting in toward a counter. The wheel of the chair locked up, and she fell from the chair to the floor. She suffered a broken left femur.
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