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Tri-State Regional Ambulance

Overexertion in lifting-single episode — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Tri-State Regional Ambulance in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
Employer Tri-State Regional Ambulance Report ID 2016054156
Address 235 Causeway Blvd. City, State ZIP LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN 54603
Event Date May 13, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Overexertion in lifting-single episode Source of Injury Patient
Industry (NAICS) 621910 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.82000, -91.25000

Incident Narrative

While an employee and her partner were using a stair chair to move a patient down some stairs, the employee felt a pop in her back and was unable to move further. She was hospitalized with lower back pain.

Incident Summary

On May 13, 2016, a worker at Tri-State Regional Ambulance in LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as overexertion in lifting-single episode, with patient identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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