Overexertion in lifting-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ATT, 233 S. Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60608
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was lifting a cable off the floor when he felt pain in his abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersWire, cables-nonelectrical
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