Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Vitas Healthcare, 1960 N. Lincoln Park, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was on her way to a private residence after responding to a house call. She tripped over an uneven sidewalk and fell, resulting in a fractured patella in her right knee and a fractured left humerus in her shoulder.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Constructed surface irregularity
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