Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GARNET HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER, 707 EAST MAIN STREET, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK 10940
on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was picking up trash around the grounds. The employee was bending and when he stood up his back went out.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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