Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville, 1040 W. Jefferson St., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS 78520
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the pelvic region, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employe was lifting a patient when she developed pelvic pain. She was hospitalized.
HospitalizedPelvic region, unspecifiedPatient
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