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An arbitrator awarded benefits to a patient care technician who developed pain in her right arm and shoulder. Her job responsibilities included lifting patients, passing

A factory worker injured his back as he was crossing over an electrical cord cover and slipped on the cover, twisting his back. The arbitrator

The petitioner was pulling a fitness center cart across the parking lot when it hit a pothole and stopped abruptly as it hit her leg.

Working as a mental health technician a woman was moving to avoid being struck by a student when she slipped on water from the air

A lathe operator for Kemper Valve and Fitting Co. injured his neck and shoulder while working. The Illinois Compensation Commission arbitrator awarded a lathe operator

A grocery store warehouse worker testified he worked for the employer as an “order selector” in the warehouse, a position that required him to lift

The 44-year-old petitioner was working for UPS as a part-time sorter when a box from the truck he was unloading fell on his leg. He

A boiler operator who injured his back loading 40 pound bags of salt into a brine tank had an arbitrator rule against him in his

A University of Illinois maintenance worker injured his knee when the gator (maintenance vehicle) he was driving struck a snow boulder on the sidewalk. The

A Bus driver was awarded temporary total disability for injuries to her neck and shoulders. She was hurt when her bus hit a large pothole.