Overexertion in lowering-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at UPS Cranbury Hub, 100 Middlesex Center Blvd., MONROE TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY 08831
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee sat a package down and his knee buckled. The employee was hospitalized.
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