FedEx Ground
Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | FedEx Ground | Report ID | 2017065787 |
| Address | 10800 S. Reitz Avenue | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809 |
| Event Date | June 23, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified |
| Event Type | Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode | Source of Injury | Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker |
| Industry (NAICS) | 492110 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.38000, -91.06000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was bending to pick up a box when he felt a sharp pain in his back and blacked out.
Incident Summary
On June 23, 2017, a worker at FedEx Ground in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified. The incident was classified as bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode, with bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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