Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Soft tissue injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., 39 Wintergreen Way, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32825
on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was positioning a bed at a patient's home. She suffered a back injury while bending to lift the bed using a manual crank; she also suffered bruised legs while pushing and pulling the bed.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Beds, mattresses except medical
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