Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 62 Flanders-Bartley Rd., FLANDERS, NEW JERSEY 07836
on — Strains, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
On March 8, 2022, an employee was kneeling on a mat to apply a label to a medical instrument and take pictures during a product inspection. The employee suffered a lower back strain and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLumbar regionBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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