ROGERS, ARKANSAS—
Technical Machining Services, Inc.
Overexertion in lifting-multiple episodes · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee was lifting steel bar stocks 12 feet long and weighing approximately 20lbs to place into a CNC mill machine when he felt a pull across his stomach. The employee was later admitted to the hospital for pain in the stomach.
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