Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 89 John Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a wrench to remove a filling from a transformer when he felt something pop in his right arm.
HospitalizedArm(s), unspecifiedWrenches-power not determined
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