Chicago Paper Tube & Can Company dba MPS Paper Tube & Can, LLC
Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chicago Paper Tube & Can Company dba MPS Paper Tube & Can, LLC, 4221 N. Normandy Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60634
on — Hernias due to traumatic incidents, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was lifting a box that weighed no more than 25 pounds and experienced pain in the abdomen. The employee sustained a hernia requiring hospitalization and surgery.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersBoxes, crates, cartons
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