LAKELAND, FLORIDA—
Sunrise Community of Polk County, Inc.
Injured by physical contact with person while moving that person-unintentional · Concussions
Final narrative
An employee was pulling a patient in a wheelchair through a door when the patient resisted by holding onto the door frame. The patient became combative and in the struggle, the employee fell down and hit her head on the floor, suffering a concussion.
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