Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc., 1101 Ocilla Rd., DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31534
on — Fractures, affecting the hip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a ladder to paint a patient's room. While descending the ladder, he missed the second-to-last step and fell to the floor, breaking his left hip.
HospitalizedHip(s)Movable ladders, unspecified
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