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Sprains
1 hospitalization · 2021086699 · 8/9/2021 · United Rentals Trench Safety
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Sprains
Cause
- Event
- Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- Source
- Sledges, sledgehammers
Employer
- Name
- United Rentals Trench Safety
- Location
- 169 MEMORIAL DR STE B, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- NAICS
- 532490
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was using a sledge hammer when his back began to spasm. Unable to walk, he was hospitalized, suffering from a back sprain.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown