FORT WORTH, TEXAS—
Estes Express Lines
Transportation incident, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
An employee was holding the top portion of a load bar and resting it on the dock when a coworker operating a forklift bumped the bottom portion of the load bar, pressing it into the injured employee's abdomen. The employee lost consciousness and suffered abdominal pain and bruised ribs.
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