Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aloha Care, Inc., 817 N Palafox Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32501
on — Fractures , affecting the Pelvis.
Final narrative
An employee went to catch a client who was falling and they both fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.
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