Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HCA Healthcare, HCA Houston Medical Center 1313 Hermann Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS 77004
on — Fractures , affecting the Back thoracic region.
Final narrative
An employee's T12 vertebrae was fractured after she jumped onto a hospital bed to sleep.
Hospitalized Back thoracic region Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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