Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Food Court America,LLC, 2 Stadium Way, LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 08701
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was manually lifting cases of beer from a rolling cart and stacking them in a storage room. The employee felt ill, experienced chest pain, and then passed out and struck his head.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersBoxes, crates, cartons
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