KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS INC

Overexertion in lifting-single episode - Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury - EXETER, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS INC in EXETER, Pennsylvania
Employer KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS INC
Address 68 SLOCUM AVENUE
City, State ZIP EXETER, Pennsylvania 18643
Report ID 2017042995
Event Date April 3, 2017
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Body Part Lumbar region
Event Type Overexertion in lifting-single episode
Source of Injury Boxes, crates, cartons
Industry (NAICS) 423120
GPS Coordinates 41.34194, -75.80989

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Incident Narrative

An employee was processing returns and moving 3-pound plastic totes by hand. He picked up an empty tote to stack it and hurt his lower back, requiring hospitalization for severe back pain.

Incident Summary

On April 3, 2017, a worker at KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS INC in EXETER, Pennsylvania suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the lumbar region. The incident was classified as overexertion in lifting-single episode, with boxes, crates, cartons identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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