Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Saint John's Cemetery, 3620 Tilden Ave, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11203
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained back pain due to riding in a truck bed.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedTruck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
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