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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2015118251 · 11/3/2015 · Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. dba Prairie Farms Dairy Granite City

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
Source
Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker

Employer

Name
Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. dba Prairie Farms Dairy Granite City
Location
1800 Adams Street, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
NAICS
311511
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

The employee was washing a stripper filler machine with a 4 to 5 inch diameter flexible hose that hung down from the ceiling. The employee noted a sharp pain in the back during the cleaning operation and heard a pop when the employee bent over to pick up the tool.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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