Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170892293 - Employee injures back while improperly lifting 30 lb box

Accident Summary Nr: 170892293 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/14/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120130356	06/26/1995	8221	0	University Of Calif - San Diego - Family Medicine

Abstract: Employee #1, of the University of California, San Diego, was manually lifting a 18 in. by 24 in., 30 lb box of instructional materials into her Toyota truck when she suffered a herniated disc in her lower back. The accident's causal factor was management's failure to train employees in proper lifting procedures.

Keywords: WORK RULES, BACK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120130356			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Physicians

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