Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Restaurant Depot , 45 East Wesley St, SOUTH HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY 07606
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the head, unspecified.
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Final narrative
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