Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Atlantic Health System, 97 West Parkway, POMPTON PLAINS, NEW JERSEY 07444
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were repositioning a patient in bed when one of them suffered a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedPatient
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