Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at AVIATION TECHNICAL SERVICES, 11268 N CONVAIR DR, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64153
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was inspecting seats inside an aircraft that was parked inside a hanger. He bent or knelt and felt a pop in his lower back followed by pain. He pulled a muscle and was eventually hospitalized to treat the pain.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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