Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care · Soft tissue injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advent Health Orlando, 601 E Rollins Street, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32803
on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a patient on a stretcher and sustained a lower back injury.
The injured employee was assisting a patient to their feet when the patient lost balance and fell onto the injured employee's leg resulting in a fractured femur.
On 7/22/2019, an employee was walking out of a patient's room when she slipped and rolled her ankle. She was hospitalized for a fractured ankle and required surgery.
An employee was lifting a patient from a wheelchair (assisting patient to a standing position) and sustained overexertion injuries to her back. The injuries affected multiple lower extremities and the employee sustained bulging discs at L3-L5. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee assisted with repositioning a patient in bed using a drawsheet. After repositioning the patient, the employee felt lower back pain and had weakness in her legs. The employee sustained a herniated disc.
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