Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc, 5005 SW Wenger Dr, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66609
on , Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
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Final narrative
At 7:30 a.m. on 8/18/19, a maintenance employee was removing bolts from the bearing housing of a mixer using a break-over bar with a socket. He was standing inside the mixer panel on a flat surface with the break-over bar at chest height lifting upwards when he felt a sharp pain in his back and his knees became weak. He then laid down on his back. He suffered a compression fracture on his L7 vertebra.
HospitalizedLumbar regionMixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage