Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Firestone Complete Auto Care, 2559 Judson Rd, LONGVIEW, TEXAS 75605
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee overextended and injured his back while reaching to tighten a bolt during a wheel alignment. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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On August 21, 2023, an employee was reaching for product on the shelf in the cooler when their back gave out. The employee was hospitalized for an exacerbation of bulging disks.
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