Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center, 2400 Hospital Dr., BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA 71111
on — Strains, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was sitting in a chair talking with a patient. Wen he stood up he felt back pain, and almost fell twice. He was hospitalized with a back strain.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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