Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Athol Memorial Hospital, 2033 Main St, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS 01331
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple back regions.
Final narrative
An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair up a ramp when she felt a sudden pain in her middle and lower back, resulting in hospitalization.
HospitalizedMultiple back regionsWheelchairs-nonpowered
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