MIAMI, FLORIDA—
R & L CARRIERS SHARED SERVICES LLC
Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee was pulling freight at the customer location with his pallet jack when he began to feel intense pain in his lower back, which caused the employee to briefly lose consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.
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