Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W. WELLINGTON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60657
on — Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee was running to assist a nurse with a combative patient. As the employee turned a corner, he slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a knee injury.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Other constructed surface
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