Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Three Phase Line Construction, Inc., 114 Lovells Lane , BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS 02630
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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