Fall while sitting · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cleveland Clinic Twinsburg Family Health Center, 8701 Darrow Road, TWINSBURG, OHIO 44087
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to sit down on a swivel office chair. The chair moved and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a cervical spine injury.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Chairs, single-person seating
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