Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Healthcare Services Group, Inc., 1980 Sunset Point Road, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA 33765
on — Fractures , affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unloading boxes when they stepped back and fractured their knee.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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