Twisting, reaching, bending · Sprains, strains, minor tears
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fox Pest Control- Westchester, LLC, 75 Western Hwy, WEST NYACK, NEW YORK 10994
on — Sprains, strains, minor tears, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee completed pest control service at a customer location and returned to his vehicle to refill his backpack sprayer. He was standing at the tailgate and reaching for the water jug (weighing approximately 33 lbs.) that was in the bed of the truck when he felt a pop in his back. The employee sustained a strained back muscle.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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