Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s) · Pinched nerve
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Aqua Ohio Water Company Inc., 32 Private Drive, CHESAPEAKE, OHIO 45619
on — Pinched nerve, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
An employee was using a weed eater, moving it from side to side. He suffered a pinched nerve in the neck that caused numbness in the back and arms. He was hospitalized.
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