Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Williams Companies, Inc., GPS_Coordinates: 27.7534167, -97.8067266, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS 78380
on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Back lumbar region.
Final narrative
An employee drove to the project site from his hotel. Upon exiting his vehicle, and during a turning/twisting motion to grab PPE from the backseat, he heard a pop in his back.
The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for fragmented L4 and L5 discs in the lumbar spine.
Hospitalized Back lumbar region Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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