Hitting, kicking, beating by other person unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookdale West Melbourne, 7199 Greenboro Drive, WEST MELBOURNE, FLORIDA 32904
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was taking vitals when a resident pushed her into the edge of a window and she sustained a fractured back.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Student, patient, charge unspecified
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