Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 100 E. Alton Gloor Blvd, BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 78526
on — Fractures , affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was assisting a nurse to move a patient up in bed when she felt pain in her ribs and back. The employee was hospitalized with a possible back fracture.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Patient
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