Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GULF COPPER, Building Shop 81, PITI, GUAM 96915
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
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HospitalizedHead, unspecifiedTanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
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