Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at FARMERS GRAIN COMPANY, 304 W. Grand, NASH, OKLAHOMA 73761
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was working in the tire shop when other employees heard an explosion. The employee was burned from the waist down and hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Nonclassifiable
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