Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Skanska Walsh Joint Venture, LaGuardia Airport, FLUSHING, NEW YORK 11371
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a 3-foot ductile steel pipe into an excavator bucket and felt a pop in his lower back. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLumbar regionMetal pipes, tubing
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