Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fort Hudson Nursing Center Inc., 319 Broadway, FORT EDWARD, NEW YORK 12828
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was helping a nurse's aide pull up a resident's pants when she felt a pop in her back, requiring hospitalization for a back injury.
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