Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions · Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Investigation, Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, WHITEFORD, MARYLAND 21160
on — Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., n.e.c., affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee suffered an upper muscle injury while exercising and conducting physical training. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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