Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at YONKERS RACING CORP., 810 YONKERS AVENUE, YONKERS, NEW YORK 10704
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee injured his/her back while stocking kitchen materials on a shelf.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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