Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at U. S. Postal Service
Start: 10/17/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016109778 · 10/17/2016 · U. S. Postal Service

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: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Source: Containers-nonpressurized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U. S. Postal Service
Location: 7840 North Point Blvd. Ste. 110, WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, 27106
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

On Monday, October 17, 2016, an employee was at her carrier case on the workroom floor and bent down to pick up a mail tub to load into a hamper. When she lifted the tub, she felt a pop in her back and experienced a lot of pain. She was hospitalized with a back injury.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown