Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aveanna Healthcare, 1500 Reedsdale Street, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15233
on — Fractures , affecting the Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was seated in the living room of a patient's residence, waiting for the patient to arrive home from school. The school bus driver honked the horn, signaling that the patient was ready to be assisted off the bus. The employee stood up and then tripped and fell over a rug and possibly the edge of an ottoman. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right humerus at the shoulder.
Hospitalized Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e) Other constructed surface
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