Christiana Care Health System
Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — NEWARK, DELAWARE
| Employer | Christiana Care Health System | Report ID | 2019010667 |
| Address | 4755 Ogletown Road | City, State ZIP | NEWARK, DELAWARE 19718 |
| Event Date | January 19, 2019 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders |
| Event Type | Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode | Source of Injury | Wheelchairs-nonpowered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 622110 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.67000, -75.70000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was pushing a patient in a wheelchair and developed chest pain. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On January 19, 2019, a worker at Christiana Care Health System in NEWARK, DELAWARE suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode, with wheelchairs-nonpowered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 146 severe injury reports involving "Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode" incidents in our database. Browse all Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode injuries.
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