Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chicago Beverage Systems LLC, 441 N. Kilbourn Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60624
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
While loading a vehicle from a loading ramp, an employee slipped on ice and fractured a leg.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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