Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Hernias
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at QuikTrip Corporation, Store #7194 1505 N Neil St, CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61820
on — Hernias, affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
On July 9, 2025, an employee was emptying trash and lifting a heavy trash bag when he felt a pop and experienced severe pain. The employee was hospitalized with a ruptured hernia and required surgery.
An employee was walking toward a dock when a forklift backed into him, knocking him over and backing over his right leg. The leg was injured and he was hospitalized.
On November 3, 2022, a baker was scraping batter in the hopper of a cake mixer. The mixer pulled in the baker's right hand, its blades causing amputations to the tips of the middle and ring fingers.
An employee was using a two-handed dolly to move stacks of totes to load into a trailer. The stacks weighed roughly 216 lbs. He picked up a stack, leaned back, and then dropped to the ground in extreme pain. He was hospitalized with a back injury.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.
An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.
An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.
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