Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Airbus Helicopters, Inc., 2701 N. Forum Dr., GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS 75052
on — Disc disorders, herniated disc, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a small cup to move glass bead media from a container on the floor to the blasting equipment when their back locked up. The employee sustained a herniated disc and was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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