Department of Homeland Security

Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — MCALLEN, Texas

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Department of Homeland Security in MCALLEN, Texas
Employer Department of Homeland Security
Address 2301 South Main St
City, State ZIP MCALLEN, Texas 78503
Report ID 2015085917
Event Date August 19, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged
Source of Injury Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
Industry (NAICS) 921190
GPS Coordinates 26.18248, -98.23809

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Incident Narrative

On 8/19/2015, an employee was working out in the morning as part of the unit's training exercise. The employee experienced nausea and vomiting, almost fainted, and was hospitalized with a muscle injury.

Incident Summary

On August 19, 2015, a worker at Department of Homeland Security in MCALLEN, Texas suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the body systems. The incident was classified as running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged, with bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 4 severe injury reports involving "Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged" incidents in our database. Browse all Running, without other incident-repetitive or prolonged injuries.

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