Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wegmans, 3791 Easton Nazareth Highway, NAZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA 18064
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
While getting an 8-pound container of cider out of a box, an employee felt a pop in the back and became unable to walk.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedContainers-nonpressurized, unspecified
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