Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Goodwill Contract Services, Inc., 125 E Kathey Rd, HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS 76548
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the multiple back regions.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a rolling gate door open when he suffered a back injury: nine compression-fractured vertebrae and one compound-fractured vertebra with internal bleeding.
HospitalizedMultiple back regionsGates
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