Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Travelers, Inc., 770 Pennsylvania St., EXTON, PENNSYLVANIA 19341
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
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