Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Portland Care & Rehabilitation Centre Inc, 333 Main Street, PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT 06480
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
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