Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Willis-Knight Health System, 2300 Hospital Drive, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71111
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was moving a patient on a rolling bed and injured her back.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBeds, mattresses
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