Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER, 836 W Wellington Ave, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60657
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
During a surgical operation, a patient woke up. While holding the patient down in the operating room, the resident physician suffered a lower back injury. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLumbar regionPatient
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