Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 872 Commonwealth Ave, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02115
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee stepped down from a curb and suffered a hamstring injury.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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