Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Fleenor Paper Company, 2359 Liberty Church Rd, MACON, GEORGIA 31216
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Employee got his left arm caught in moving equipment and went to the hospital.
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