Walking, without other incident-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FedEx Trade Networks, 1101 Busse Road, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS 60007
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was giving a tour of the warehouse, turned in a different direction and felt a pain in his back. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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