FORT BLISS, TEXAS—
COBB Mechanical Contractors
Overexertion involving outside sources, unspecified · Hernias due to traumatic incidents
Final narrative
On March 13, 2017, at approximately 11:30 a.m., an employee was unloading copper pipes from a forklift when he suffered an umbilical hernia and was hospitalized.
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