Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, 93 Campus Avenue, LEWISTON, MAINE 04240
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping a discharged patient walk out of the emergency room. The patient started to fall and the employee went to brace the patient using her foot and felt a pop in her back. The employee was hospitalized with a back injury.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedPatient
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