Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385404

RAULAND-BORG CORPORATION

Event
Back, Box, Cart, Engineering Technician, Lifting, Loading, Material Handling, Paper, Printer, Printing, Strain, Technician
NAICS
333244
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345497986
Employer profile
RAULAND-BORG CORPORATION
Summary number
221385404
Report ID
0524200

Event description

Employee strains back while lifting box of printing supplies

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 p.m. on July 28, 2021, an employee working as a mechanical engineering technician for a printing equipment manufacturer was applying printwork to plastic devices. The employee bent down to load a 20 to 40-pound box into a cart for use on the pad printing machine in the plastics department. When he stook upright the employee felt a pop. The next day the employee was unable to get out of bed. The employee called a coworker (supervisor) to report the incident and went to the hospital, where he was admitted to treat a strained back.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 69 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    215

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