WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—
The Jel Sert Co.
Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
Final narrative
Two employees were building pallets using reworked product. They collided as one of them stepped back and the other turned around. The injured employee fell on his right side, sustaining injuries to the right knee and hip. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
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