Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Ltd., 5520 Leonardo da Vinci Dr Ste 100, EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a daily room. She walked in and took trash out from the trash can. She then took a step back and her right shoe got stuck/stayed gripped on the floor, causing her to fall on her right side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right hip and required surgery for her right wrist.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Other constructed surface
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