Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Soft tissue injuries unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KOKEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., 1631 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63106
on — Soft tissue injuries unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was flipping over a solid surface and the weight injured their back. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Source, secondary source unspecified
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