Overexertion in catching-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advocate Health Care, 3075 Highland Parkway, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS 60515
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was walking with a patient when the patient tripped on a wheelchair scale. The employee tried to catch the patient and sustained a neck injury. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedNeck, except internal location of diseases or disordersBodily conditions of injured, ill worker
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