OSHA Injury Report: Western Kentucky University-Bowling Green

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Reshelving books and Relocating supplies from one building to another.

What happened

Employeewas assisting her department unpack supplies as they had moved to a new location. Initially employee was unpacking books and reshelving. This was being down one book at a time. She reported performing this particular task for most of the morning. However when her supervisor showed up to assist employee was up on a ladder and her supervisor was handing her multiple books at a time. [REDACTED] stated she has been performing the work at a fast pace and really didn 't notice any issues at the time. Once home employee began to experience some soreness in her wrist. She attributed the wrist pain to handling multiple books at a time one handed continiously. Feeling it would improve employee self treated and reported the pain to her supervisor when returning to work [REDACTED]. Her department allowed her to work light duty feeling that would help. Employee stated that she has seen some improvement but the pain in her wrist hasn 't fully resolved.

Injury or illness

Right wrist strain

Object or substance involved

Lifting and moving books.

Summary line

Right wrist strain from packing and unshelving books repetatively.

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.