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Abbott

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — PAWLING, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Abbott in PAWLING, NEW YORK
Employer Abbott Report ID 20171010321
Address 59 Wang Dang Doodle Loop City, State ZIP PAWLING, NEW YORK 12564
Event Date October 27, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Photographic equipment, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 512199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.59000, -73.60000

Incident Narrative

An employee was manually lowering a lift gate on a 5th wheel trailer. Other members of the team removed a camera arm from the trailer. The injured employee then bent down to remove wheel chocks and the camera arm struck him on the head resulting in a compression injury to the upper neck (C2-C5).

Incident Summary

On October 27, 2017, a worker at Abbott in PAWLING, NEW YORK suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with photographic equipment, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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