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Herniated discs
1 hospitalization · 2016043504 · 4/27/2016 · US Postal Service
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Herniated discs
Cause
- Event
- Slip or trip without fall, n.e.c.
- Source
- Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- Secondary source
- Mail bags and satchels-shoulder
Employer
- Name
- US Postal Service
- Location
- 508 Clarence Street, FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN, 53538
- NAICS
- 491110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee's mail satchel became caught on a railing, causing him to miss the bottom step of a staircase and herniate a disc in his back.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown