Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at St. Peters Health Partners, 315 South Manning Blvd, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12208
on — Fractures , affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was helping a patient return to their bed when the patient fell backward onto the employee, landing on her right leg. The employee suffered a closed fracture of the right tibial plateau.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Patient
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