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Accident: 170719249 - Employee Breaks Vertebra Lifting Electric Motor

Accident: 170719249 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 06/15/1993
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
11991538708/10/19937299Mission Linen
AT 12:00 NOON ON JUNE 16, 1993, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 HEARD A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO ST. JOHN'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, IN OXNARD, BY PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE, WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED AND HAD SURGERY ON HIS BACK FOR A BROKEN VERTEBRA.
Keywords: electric motor, fracture, back, manual mat handling, vertebra
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 119915387 Hospitalized injury Fracture Electricians

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