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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
1 hospitalization · 2023109704 · 10/20/2023 · Athol Memorial Hospital
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Multiple back regions
- Nature of injury
- Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Cause
- Event
- Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
- Source
- Wheelchairs-nonpowered
- Secondary source
- Ramps, loading docks, dock plates
Employer
- Name
- Athol Memorial Hospital
- Location
- 2033 Main St, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS, 01331
- NAICS
- 622110
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair up a ramp when she felt a sudden pain in her middle and lower back, resulting in hospitalization.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown