Contact with other person while providing medical or custodial care · Sprains, strains, minor tears
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital, 21298 Olean Blvd., PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA 33952
on , Sprains, strains, minor tears, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping a patient get from a wheelchair into bed when the patient's foot caught on a bed mattress causing them to fall. The employee was pulled downward. The employee heard a pop in his lower back and then fell backward into a wheelchair. He was hospitalized due to a sprain/strain in his back.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Patient
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