Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RUSSELL STOVER CANDIES, 1993 CARAMEL BLVD., ABILENE, KANSAS 67410
on — Strains, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was conducting a team lift of a piece of equipment that weighed 135 pounds to put it up on a table for cleaning when the employee strained the lower left abdomen, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersNonclassifiable
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