Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified

Name: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified at UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.
Start: 1/4/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019010110 · 1/4/2019 · UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified

Cause

Event: Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: UTZ Quality Foods, LLC.
Location: 7545 Penn Drive, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18106
NAICS: 484121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was bending down to lift a pallet when pain caused his back to seize up and he fell backwards. He suffered a back strain or possible disk injury, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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