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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020065674 · 6/18/2020 · Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
Source
Beds, mattresses
Secondary source
Walls

Employer

Name
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Location
701 East Marshall Street, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 19380
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee and other employees were transporting a 400-pound gastric bypass patient on a machine-powered bed. The bed accelerated, pinning the employee's leg between the bed and the wall. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower right leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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