Fractures

Name: Fractures at POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL LLC
Start: 7/26/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076746 · 7/26/2023 · POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Coccygeal region
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Patient hoists, lifting harnesses

Employer

Name: POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL LLC
Location: 1600 E HIGH ST, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19464
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee washed her hands in a sink. As she backed away from the sink, the employee tripped over the leg of a patient lift and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a possible brain hematoma and a fractured coccyx.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown