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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2025032413 · 3/13/2025 · Mercy Hospital Southeast

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Fall on same level due to slip or trip
Source
Other constructed surface
Secondary source
Partitions

Employer

Name
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Location
1701 Lacey Street, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, 63701
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning and mopping the floor of a restroom after repairing a toilet. The employee tripped over the metal support bracket for a privacy wall and fell. The employee suffered a fracture to the left femur at the knee (extending into the joint), as well as displaced fractures to the right humerus (specifically the humeral neck and the greater tuberosity) without dislocation.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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