Fall on same level due to slipping · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE, 3221 DODGION ST, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64050
on , Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c., affecting the buttock(s).
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Final narrative
On July 9, 2015, an employee was providing paramedic services at the home of a patient. While attempting to lift the patient from the floor of a chicken coop, he slipped and fell on his posterior. He got up and continued working. Later, he reported increasing pain and bruising from his fall to his employer. He went to the emergency room and was admitted to the hospital for vitamin K therapy to control muscular bleeding.