Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tampa General Hospital, 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA 33805
on , Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing to help a patient on a stretcher get from a helicopter to an emergency room. The employee walked up a ramp to a helipad when he slipped and fell backward, landing on his back and striking his head on the helipad. He then tumbled off the helipad and contacted the safety fence surrounding the helipad. The employee suffered a compression fracture of his L2 vertebra.