Fall on same level, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 225 Williamson St, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07202
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee was working in the morgue moving two deceased bodies when he fell, resulting in a lower back injury. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLumbar regionFloor, unspecified
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