TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT—
The Arc of Litchfield County
Trip without fall, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee caught her foot in a pallet and twisted her back resulting in a back hernia that required surgery.
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