Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-multiple episodes · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Morley Moss, 10180 North Frwy, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76101
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee pulling wire felt a strange pain in his belly. He was hospitalized to determine the source of the severe pain.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersElectrical wiring-building
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