Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trulieve Inc., 130 North Virginia Street, QUINCY, FLORIDA 32351
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee suffered a back injury while moving a 40- to 45-pound tote. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedBoxes, crates, cartons
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An employee was reattaching an electrical wire that had been pulled free from a junction box. The employee contacted live electrical conductors and suffered an electric shock. The employee sustained a muscle injury, electrical burns, and sinus and heart injuries.
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