Overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ISC Structures, 15 Industrial Drive, HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY 08619
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was strapping steel beams onto a truck bed when they suffered a back injury and became immobilized. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedNonclassifiable
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