UPS Worker Injures Knee and Back [2016]

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 sustained injuries to his right leg and lower back, making it painful to work.

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ILLINOIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF 19(b) ARBITRATOR DECISION

DAVIS, LEONARD                    Case# 16WC001596
Employee/Petitioner

UPS
Employer/Respondent

On 5/31/2016, an arbitration decision on this case was filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission in Chicago, a copy of which is enclosed.

If the Commission reviews this award, interest of 0.48% shall accrue from the date listed above to the day before the date of payment, if an employee’s appeal results in either no change or a decrease in this award, interest shall not accrue.

A copy of this decision is mailed to the following parties.

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2461 NYHAN BAMBRICK KINZIE & LOWRY
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CHICAGO, IL 60602

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