Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL INC., 1266 Highway 515 South, JASPER, GEORGIA 30143
on — Fractures , affecting the Hip joint(s).
Final narrative
An employee was administering medication to a patient in the emergency room when the patient jerked and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left hip.
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