Running, without other incident-single episode · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at United States Deparment of Homeland Security, 1131 Chapel Crossing Road, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA 31525
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c., affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee experienced muscle pain while running and was hospitalized with muscle damage.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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An employee felt faint during a mandatory physical training run. He sat down on the running trail and started going in and out of consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
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