Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Weifield Group Contracting, LLC, 1700 Wewatta Street, DENVER, COLORADO 80202
on — Herniated discs, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was bending over to pick up a 10-foot stick of 3/4" electrical metallic tube (EMT) when he felt and heard a pop in his back and experienced a sharp lower back pain. He was hospitalized with a compressed back disc.
HospitalizedLumbar regionBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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