Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Northwest Community Hospital, 901 Kirchoff, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60005
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
A nurse was completing her rounds in the hospital. She slipped on a wet floor in a hallway and fell, sustaining fractures to her right arm and right leg.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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