Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Intelitek Inc., 18 Tsienneto Rd., DERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03038
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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