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OSHA Injury Report: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214 resulted in days away from work. Employee was senior Exhibit Developer in science and technology museums.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Parent company
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Street
1945 SE Water Ave
City
Portland
State
OR
ZIP
97214
On-site location
office space

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
8

Before the incident

sitting in an office chair at her desk

What happened

Multiple days (5 30 23 6 1 23 - 6 2 23) sitting in office chairs not ergonomically appropriate to mitigate recurrence of pain.

Injury or illness

Spinal pain in small of back aggravation of former injury (strained ligament)

Object or substance involved

sitting in office chairs not ergonomically appropriate to mitigate recurrence of back pain from a previous injury

Summary line

Multiple days (5 30 23 6 1 23 - 6 2 23) sitting in office chairs not ergonomically appropriate to mitigate recurrence of pain.

Employee and industry

Job description
Senior Exhibit Developer
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
712110 — Science and technology museums
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
200
Total hours worked
554160
EIN
930402877
Establishment ID
1026561
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
9:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
07MAR24:00:42:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.